ALBANY — For most of the past five decades, individual members of New York's state Legislature, although reviled as a group, could relax and count on the perks and power of office to continue their better than 90-percent return rate. Those days may be gone.

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ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson is calling the Legislature back before Election Day to force them to consider his proposed cap for local property taxes. Paterson proposes to cap the annual growth ...

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Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature on Thursday called on the state Authorities Budget Office to investigate the county’s latest local development corporation known as M3S, or Monroe Safety and Security Systems.

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ALBANY — A day after the Legislature passed one of the latest state budgets in New York history, Gov. David A. Paterson says the work isn’t done. The lame duck Democrat says he’ll still push lawmakers ...

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ALBANY — New York’s Legislature on Tuesday night passed a state budget that’s more than four months late. In the end, Democratic Sen. William Stachowski of Buffalo ...

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ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back for a rare summer session to complete a state budget now 15 weeks late. Paterson announced an extraordinary session ...

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A bill now awaiting Gov. David A. Paterson’s signature would give the state attorney general more power to prosecute those caught practicing law without a license.

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ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has drawn the line against borrowing to help float the state’s finances. A lawmaker mired in investigations holds a vote that’s critical to any action in the Senate.

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ALBANY — A new report shows the top 50 lobbyists in Albany spent $45 million last year on lobbying and campaign contributions to influence the state Legislature.

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ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson won’t include scheduled 4-percent raises for unionized public employees in a new emergency spending bill, a state official said Thursday.

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With the budget deficit at $9.2 billion and counting, Gov. David A. Paterson has proposed cutting $4.8 billion in state spending. Albany legislators have so far offered up $3.3 billion.

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ALBANY — Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch has proposed a five-year plan for getting New York’s state government’s notorious overspending under control by requiring balanced budgets through the fiscal year.

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