ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Senate has two new members. Democrats Shelley Mayer of Westchester County and Luis Sepulveda of the Bronx were sworn in Monday. Both won special elections last week and both previously served in ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats won two special elections for the New York state Senate Tuesday but Republicans will remain in charge of the chamber after a key Democratic senator who has sided with Republicans announced that he’ll stay put. ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in the New York state Senate reunited Tuesday for the first time since a 7-year-long schism within the party helped give control of the chamber to Republicans. Former members of the Independent Democratic Conference and ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Opioid and heroin dealers whose products cause a fatal overdose could be charged with homicide under a measure passed by the New York state Senate. The chamber passed the bill Wednesday. It now moves to the ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Senate has given final legislative passage to a bill aimed at preventing consumers from overpaying for their medications. The measure passed last week by the Republican-led chamber prohibits gag clauses and clawbacks, ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — There’s a new proposal to overhaul government sexual harassment policies in New York state. The Senate’s Republican majority announced the measure Tuesday. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Catharine Young, the legislation would create a new, uniform policy ...

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The New York state Senate has voted to create new criminal penalties for “revenge porn.” The bill endorsed Thursday would make it a misdemeanor to disseminate sexually explicit photos of a person without their permission, even if the person took ...

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New York Democrats aren’t backing down from their plan to get at Donald Trump’s tax records. The Senate minority on Tuesday attempted unsuccessfully to force a vote in the Republican-led chamber that would require the state to release five years ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Senate has voted to impose eight-year term limits on legislative leadership positions. Under the legislation endorsed by the Republican-led Senate on Tuesday no lawmaker could hold positions such as Senate leader or ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Brooklyn lawmakers are pushing an anti-gang bill they say could have prevented the March 16 death of a Bronx fire department emergency medical technician run down by her car-jacked ambulance. Republican Sen. Martin J. Golden gathered ...

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New York lawmakers are gearing up for another clash over state law that treats 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in the justice system. Senate Democrats on Monday called for the state to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction to 18 ...

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Democrats in the New York state Senate have re-elected Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins as their leader. Stewart-Cousins is a Yonkers resident who became the first woman to lead a legislative conference in New York state when she was first tapped in ...

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