New York lawmakers are questioning the cost and motives of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to bail out three aging upstate nuclear reactors. Members of the state Assembly used a legislative hearing on the subsidies Monday to question state energy officials ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in town Tuesday to announce the groundbreaking of a $53.7 million improvement project at the Greater Rochester International Airport. The work includes: Redesign of the terminal building, with new shopping and dining options. New façade and canopy with ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has headed west to celebrate new state laws that make college more affordable and permit the upstate expansion of Uber and Lyft. The Democratic governor appeared in Buffalo and Rochester Tuesday to tout provisions in the state’s ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a two-month extension of the last state budget to prevent a government shutdown after he and state lawmakers on Sunday failed to reach agreement on a new spending plan. Cuomo said ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trashing Donald Trump’s proposed state budget, calling the Republican president’s spending plan “dangerous, reckless and contemptuous of American values.” The Democratic governor on Thursday called on Congress to reject the ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Female lawmakers in New York say early voting would make it easier for all New Yorkers — and particularly women — to cast a ballot. Several legislators on Monday urged Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s law enforcement corps have received additional training to combat hate crimes in light of recent threats made against Jewish communities across the country. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more than 120 members of state ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider his plan to cut back on visitation at the state’s maximum security prisons. The entire Assembly corrections committee signed onto a letter to ...

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ALBANY — Republican lawmakers in the state Senate pushed back Tuesday against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to force counties to look for ways to share services and pool their costs. Cuomo, a Democrat, has proposed requiring counties to create plans ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still considering a state-owned island near the brink of Niagara Falls as a possible location for a privately operated lodge. The Democrat last month said he wanted Empire State Development to put out a request for ...

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ALBANY — New York state is making progress on a backlog at the state crime lab relating to evidence in impaired driving cases. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that investments in new equipment and the hiring of additional lab technicians ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced that state-supported solar power in New York increased by 795 percent from December 2011 to December 2016. There were 64,926 projects installed through the end of 2016, compared with 8,989 through the end of ...

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