State Department of Motor Vehicles investigators are targeting the use of fake license plates, the agency announced this week.
New York marijuana regulators voted to settle a federal lawsuit that has blocked them from granting dispensary licenses in the Finger Lakes region. The settlement discussed at a meeting of the Cannabis Control Board on Tuesday would remove a legal impediment that has slowed the growth of New…
The New York State Thruway Authority has had trouble collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in tolls and related fees since it went to a cashless tolling system. It wants to raise tolls in 2024.
New York State Electric and Gas and Rochester Gas and Electric will be audited by the state Public Service Commission for the first time in five years.
ALBANY — As the clock winds down on the legislative session, progressive activists and their allies in the Senate and Assembly are making a concerted push to enact measures designed to protect tenants from what they call unreasonable eviction efforts.
State cannabis regulators have framed draft regulations for businesses that will serve as venues for the controlled consumption of marijuana.
The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.” In two cases before the high court, both liberal and conservative justices were unani…
ALBANY — In a move seen as helping the state achieve its ambitious renewable energy targets, the New York Power Authority has received the green light to build and operate power generation stations including ones that convert wind and solar to electricity.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday she does not plan to pursue further changes to New York's bail laws, an issue that has dominated her first two rounds of budget negotiations as governor.
ALBANY – The morning after the state budget finally passed, Gov. Kathy Hochul was in New York City to take a long-awaited victory lap.
While bail reform and affordable housing garnered most of the attention in Albany as lawmakers haggled over a state budget, a host of other issues made their way into the final spending plan. Here's a look.
The state budget approved this week does not contain provisions for phasing out natural gas-powered furnaces and appliances in existing homes.
New York's new budget agreement includes new tools aimed at shutting down unlicensed cannabis dispensaries that the state has said threaten the success of the rollout of legal ones – and threaten the amount of taxes the state will collect.
The new language in the bail law allows judges to “make an individualized determination” about whether a defendant poses a risk of fleeing prosecution.
New Yorkers next year won’t have to go through their doctors to get prescription contraceptives under a bill that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law. The bill signed Tuesday is part of her administration’s broader efforts to expand reproductive rights in the state. Under the law, which will take effect in November 2024, trained pharmacists will be able to distribute self-administered hormonal contraceptives including oral birth control pills, vaginal rings, and the patch to New Yorkers, even if patients don’t have a prescription from their doctor. Hochul said the legislation is “part of a long journey to find more ways to protect the rights of women in the state of New York.”
The $229 billion state budget deal was approved by state lawmakers late Tuesday night, more than a month after the deadline for Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature to finalize the state’s spending plan.
The budget language’s insertion was driven by Democratic State Sen. Tim Kennedy of Buffalo, who last year introduced several bills seeking to reform the corporation.
ALBANY — Legislation expected to be adopted as part of a new $229 billion state budget does nothing to alleviate a home care staffing shortage that has reached crisis levels, advocates for those workers said Monday.
The hot-button issue of Medicaid reimbursement was among the highlights of the initial details that have trickled out since Hochul late Thursday announced a conceptual agreement on the fiscal year 2024 budget.
At a briefing on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said the final budget bill containing many of its most contentious initiatives – known as the “Big Ugly in Albany parlance – will be voted upon on Tuesday.
NEW YORK — For millions of low-income New Yorkers, access to routine dental care has long hinged on whether or not they still have eight crucial teeth.
A $1 tax increase on cigarettes, but no ban on menthols. A law allowing whistleblower lawsuits that claim wealthy people and corporations intentionally failed to pay taxes. The fine print of the state budget agreement is finally beginning to emerge.
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Statewide housing groups had harsh criticism for the tentative budget deal announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Beginning Dec. 31, 2025, developers and builders will be required to comply with "zero emission construction" standards for most buildings of seven stories or fewer, said Katy Zielinski, a spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul.
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a "conceptual" $229 billion state budget agreement on Thursday evening, laying out the broad strokes of deals struck with the Legislature related to public safety, energy and health care.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a "conceptual" $229 billion state budget agreement on Thursday evening, laying out the broad strokes of deals struck with the Legislature related to public safety, energy and health care.
Buying wine and liquor on Sunday mornings might be lawful soon, but you still won't be able to do so in a supermarket.
After weeks of delay, Albany lawmakers believe they are finally nearing a state budget agreement. At the same time, members of the Legislature are increasingly casting blame for the delay upon Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Illicit competition has been a problem for licensed cannabis retailers in every state that has them.
When the new program begins, small donations to candidates for statewide office or the Legislature will be matched with taxpayer dollars. But advocates for the program are concerned it could be defunded or delayed past 2024.