ALBANY (AP) — Shipping hydraulic fracturing waste product into the state for treatment or disposal would be banned under legislation introduced Tuesday by Democrats in the state Senate. The four bill released by the minority conference Tuesday would also ban ...

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ALBANY (AP) — The special commission appointed last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to investigate political corruption in New York is quietly winding down this week. Cuomo said that’s because the legislature passed new laws to toughen bribery prosecutions and ...

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ALBANY — State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is asking lawmakers to increase aid for the state’s community colleges and university hospitals. Zimpher told the panel of lawmakers at a budget hearing Thursday that $57.3 million is needed ...

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ALBANY — New York’s new legislative session will kick off under a lingering cloud of scandals involving lawmakers, prompting concern from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that people will lose faith in the state Legislature. “The Legislature as a whole — the ...

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ALBANY — A new report shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo has collected more than $361,000 and the Legislature has raked in over $1 million from gambling interests leading up to the Nov. 5 referendum that would legalize more casinos in New ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo established a powerful investigative body Tuesday to examine public corruption, including potential wrongdoing by legislators in campaign fundraising, in an attempt to address what’s seen as a widespread problem in New York government. Cuomo, announcing ...

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ALBANY — Women’s rights advocates lobbying the Legislature to make all private sector employers subject to sexual harassment laws wouldn’t say if their effort conflicts with the handling of an Assembly scandal that skirted Albany’s rules. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver ...

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Revamping the state’s bail system and expanding the use of cameras to all court proceedings are two new initiatives Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman will be putting before the Legislature this year. He introduced both Tuesday in his annual State of ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the proposal to raise the minimum wage won’t happen this year because there is a “broader and deeper divide” over the issue than even the legalization of same-sex marriage he championed. Cuomo made the ...

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The state judiciary’s proposed austere spending plan made it through the budget process intact. The Legislature, which received the $2.3 billion proposal Dec. 1, included the funding in the overall executive budget passed Friday. “Certainly the chief judge and chief ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is willing to accept the Legislature’s latest redistricting proposals, with conditions, and the Democrat is ready to force a late budget if lawmakers don’t agree to his new pension proposal as part of the budget ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to impose his own teacher evaluations if unions continue to block the initiative. He also says the Legislature’s new redistricting proposal is “wholly unacceptable.” In trying to drum up support for his proposed ...

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