ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Both houses of the state Legislature have approved a proposal to make significant changes to New York’s medical malpractice law by allowing patients to sue years after an alleged misdiagnosis or mistreatment for cancer. The Republican-controlled ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to clear up trial court backlogs by having judges certify they’re working eight-hour days isn’t necessary because the backups are diminishing, the head of New York state’s court system said Tuesday. Lawrence ...

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco on Tuesday formally launched his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “New Yorkers deserve a leader they can trust and one who will fight for what is right for ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York lawmakers to grant the head of the state police the power to issue administrative subpoenas during investigations into sexual offenses targeting children online. The Democrat unveiled legislation Tuesday as his ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A senior Republican New York state senator has filed the paperwork to run for governor and is expected to formally launch his campaign on Tuesday. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse attorney, was first elected to the Senate ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers want to know if a new state initiative aimed at reducing property taxes is working as intended. A provision in the state budget directs local officials around the state to convene panels to ...

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Two Republican state lawmakers are holding a public hearing on new state labor regulations that they say will have an adverse impact on New York businesses. In November, the Cuomo administration announced that the new regulations will crack down on ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday proposed a package of major changes to the state’s criminal justice system. “This sweeping overhaul will transform our criminal justice system by removing critical barriers, reaffirming our beliefs in fairness, opportunity and dignity, and continue ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will lay out his 2018 agenda to lawmakers — including calls to overhaul state sexual harassment policies, create new disclosure rules for online political ads and make it easier to cast ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pardoned 59 people for nonviolent crimes, including 18 immigrants whose years-old convictions put them at risk of deportation despite otherwise law-abiding lives. The Democratic governor announced his latest clemency grants ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state would require online campaign advertisements to include the identity of the group paying for the content under a proposal announced Thursday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that aims to prevent meddling in the state’s ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a female journalist she was doing “a disservice to women” Wednesday by asking what his administration was doing to confront sexual harassment in state government. Public radio reporter Karen DeWitt ...

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