Absentee ballots propel Democrat Jen Lunsford past Republican incumbent Mark Johns in the 135th Assembly District race.
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Demond Meeks wins Assembly seat held by David Gantt
Demond Meeks, who ran uncontested, will represent the 137th Assembly District.
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Youth climate activists call on NY to sell its fossil fuel stocks
The state’s retirement funds have several billions of dollars invested in coal, oil, and gas companies.
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Assembly member Peter Lawrence will not run for re-election
Assembly member Peter Lawrence becomes the latest in a string of Republican state legislators to announce he will not run for re-election this year.
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Flagler-Mitchell declares candidacy for Gantt’s Assembly seat
The seat is current held by David Gantt, who has said he is undecided on whether to run again.
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Kolb blamed wife for drunken crash, court papers show
Assembly member Brian Kolb told a tow-truck operator, “My wife was driving! You know how women drive,” according to court papers.
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Lej backs law tied to dissolving LDC’s
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says that she expects to refinance the debts and contracts of three county-linked local development corporations and then dissolve the quasi-governmental organizations by the end of the year. Those plans depend on whether the state Assembly and Senate pass legislation allowing the county to borrow money to buy out those contracts […]
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Brownfields program nears expiration
The state’s brownfield tax credit program will expire at the end of the year unless lawmakers can agree to a fix. And if the recent past serves as any indication, that agreement may be hard to come by. Under the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program, developers can receive tax credits for cleaning up and reusing contaminated […]
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Trafficking legislation signals new approach to Women’s Equality Agenda
For the past two years, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 10-point Women’s Equality Agenda has existed in a sort of suspended animation. Senate Republicans would only pass nine of the 10 points, since the last one would have put the abortion rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade into state law. And Assembly Democrats insisted on passing all […]
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AG wants to ban the beads
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is once again pushing for legislation that would ban the use of tiny plastic particles in cosmetics, facial scrubs, and other personal care items. Schneiderman announced this morning that he’s resubmitted the Microbead-Free Waters Act to state Assembly and Senate leadership. He first proposed legislation last year, and the Assembly passed […]
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Cuomo talks Moreland Commission on Charlie Rose
Governor Andrew Cuomo disbanded his much ballyhooed Moreland Commission because the State Legislature passed an ethics reform package. At least that’s what he told Charlie Rose during an interview last night. Cuomo said he’d told legislators that if they didn’t pass ethics legislation that he wanted, he’d form the commission to examine public corruption in […]
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Vacancies rob voters
The sign still hangs above Bill Reilich’s former State Assembly office on West Ridge Road. But the lights are off and calls won’t be answered. Reilich, a Republican, resigned his Assembly seat after winning the race for Greece town supervisor last year. The seat will stay vacant until Governor Andrew Cuomo calls a special election […]
