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NYS budget updates
#FoundationAid
as school budgets get 96% approval
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NYS budget updates Foundation Aid as school budgets get 96% approval
The ELFA bill authorizes about $40 billion in education funding, providing a baseline foundation aid increase of at least 2% for every school district in the state, and introducing new funding weig…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/foundation-aid-elfa-budget/
about 6 hours ago
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Legislature pushes
#budget
past Memorial Day
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The latest on New York’s state budget, 50 days late with 14 emergency extenders
New York’s 14th emergency extender for the fiscal year 2026/2027 budget has been passed, providing funding for basic state obligations through May 26, with the final budget expected to be bet…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/14th-nys-budget-extender/
about 9 hours ago
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#ManagedCare
model delays and denies care, advocates say
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Inside the push to cut NY's Medicaid Managed Care middlemen
Healthcare advocates in New York are pushing for a bill that would remove most mental health and substance use services from private insurance management, arguing that the current system creates de…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/managed-care-model-delays-and-denies-care-advocates-say/
1 day ago
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NYSED rolls out multi-tiered student
#mentalhealth
support
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Can schools afford NYSED's recommended mental health framework?
The New York State Education Department issued a framework for comprehensive school-based mental health, which includes a Multi-Tiered System of Supports, and is to be implemented by districts with…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/nysed-mental-health-mtss-budget/
1 day ago
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New York lawmakers pass 13th
#budget
extender as negotiations push toward Memorial Day
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NY passes lucky number 13 budget extender
New York lawmakers passed a temporary spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, while policy disagreements continue to stall the budget, with the total budget expected to fall between $262 an…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/new-york-13th-budget-extender/
2 days ago
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LIRR
#strike
costs region $61 million in lost commerce per day
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MTA chaos: What the LIRR strike means statewide
Five labor unions have launched the Long Island Rail Road’s first strike in 32 years, costing the region an estimated $61 million in lost economic activity per day and stranding 300,000 passe…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/economic-impact-lirr-shutdown/
2 days ago
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New York finalizes 30x30
#conservation
plan with long odds
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To make conservation goals, NY needs to buy way more land, way faster
New York has finalized a master plan to permanently protect almost a third of its land and water before 2030, relying on voluntary participation from landowners and financial incentives, in order t…
https://www.news10.com/news/dec-30x30-strategy-plan/
5 days ago
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New York passes 12th
#budget
extender, one week since
@governor.ny.gov
announced agreement
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Are NY lawmakers ever going to pass a budget?
The New York State Legislature passed a 12th emergency budget extender to keep the government operating and fund payroll through Monday, pushing the state budget to 45 days late, the most delayed s…
https://www.news10.com/news/12th-budget-extender-delay/
6 days ago
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NY Public
#CampaignFinance
Board challenges court ruling on Bruce Blakeman's matching funds
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NY board fights court order to restore matching funds to Bruce Blakeman
The New York State Public Campaign Finance Board has appealed a court order that would allow Republican candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman to submit missing paperwork and receive millions in tax…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/blakeman-appeal-campaign-funding/
6 days ago
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Social media
#scam
bill targets tech giants as New Yorkers lose billions
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Are social media giants profiting from fake ads? Inside the bill to stop the online scam economy worth billions
As New Yorkers lose billions to online fraud, a new state bill aims to force social media platforms to vet advertisers and crack down on deceptive scam campaigns.
https://www.news10.com/capitol/social-media-scam-bill-targets-tech-giants-as-new-yorkers-lose-billions/
7 days ago
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Judge rules for Republican Blakeman in campaign finance dispute
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A judge just ordered the state to give Republican Bruce Blakeman a second chance at $7 million in campaign matching funds
A New York judge overturned a state board decision that blocked Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman from receiving millions in campaign funds, ruling that the Public Campaign Finance …
https://www.news10.com/capitol/blakeman-campaign-finance-decision-overturned/
7 days ago
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Rally at Capitol for winter eviction ban and other
#TenantProtections
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Are NY landlords weaponizing housing courts? Inside the push to ban winter evictions.
Housing advocates and Democratic lawmakers rallied at the New York State Capitol to demand the passage of three tenant protection bills, including a winter eviction ban, a ban on lawsuits against t…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/tenant-protection-bills-ny/
8 days ago
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New York Senate takes on junk fees, digital subscriptions,
#SurveillancePricing
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Are you being overcharged because of your phone's battery life?
New York state’s Senate majority advanced a suite of consumer protection bills on Tuesday, targeting hidden fees, discriminatory pricing algorithms, and exploitative corporate practices acros…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/new-york-consumer-protection-bills/
8 days ago
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Lawmakers soften proposed packaging reduction act
#PRRIA
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PRRIA amendments court business community compromise
Over 250 local advocates, doctors, and lawmakers rallied at the state Capitol to call for the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, which would require companies to r…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/lawmakers-soften-proposed-packaging-reduction-act/
9 days ago
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Hochul grants 19
#pardons
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Hochul grants 19 pardons
Governor Kathy Hochul pardoned 19 formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, but faced backlash from criminal justice advocates who want more early releases, specifically for women in honor of Mother’…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/hochul-grants-19-pardons/
9 days ago
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New York budget to limit environmental reviews to fast track housing
#SEQRA
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Does supporting the environment make you a NIMBY?
New York lawmakers are considering changes to the state’s environmental review law that would allow some housing projects to skip ecological impact studies, which Governor Hochul claims would…
https://www.news10.com/news/hochul-seqra-reforms-housing/
12 days ago
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Hochul's budget deal targets NY's high
#CarInsurance
premiums
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Will Hochul help lower your car insurance premiums?
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $268 billion budget agreement that includes reforms to lower New York’s car insurance premiums, such as cracking down on fraud, limiting payouts for injuries…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-car-insurance-reforms/
12 days ago
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State budget deal would ban ICE agents from wearing masks, end 287(g) agreements
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Secret police? Hochul to unmask ICE in NY
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a tentative state budget deal that would ban law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, and also includes a package of immigration refo…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ice-mask-ban-new-york/
13 days ago
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Hochul announces billion-dollar
#EnergyRebates
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New York's tentative budget includes $1 billion in energy rebates
Governor Kathy Hochul has reached a tentative budget agreement with the legislature, which includes a billion-dollar, one-time energy rebate for New Yorkers to help offset the rising costs of utili…
https://www.news10.com/news/ny-capitol-news/kathy-hochul/new-york-billion-dollar-energy-rebate/
13 days ago
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#Budget
delay sparks GOP criticism of Hochul’s energy policies as approval ratings drop
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NY’s budget is weeks late, so what does Bruce Blakeman think?
New York’s budget delay has led to decreased approval ratings for Governor Kathy Hochul and criticism from Republicans over energy mandates and the state’s cost of living, while a Siena…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/new-york-budget-delay-republican-criticism/
14 days ago
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NY National Guard could finally get 9/11 workers' comp
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25 years later, New York's National Guard responders still need 9/11 healthcare
New York lawmakers have proposed a bill to provide workers’ compensation benefits to members of the National Guard who responded to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, closing a loophole that …
https://www.news10.com/capitol/911-responders-workers-comp-bill/
14 days ago
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New York Dems plan retaliatory
#redistricting
after SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling
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Will NY gerrymander to fight the Supreme Court? Inside the blue state redistricting war.
New York’s Democratic leaders are proposing to change the state’s constitution in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling against federal voting rights protections, which has allow…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/hochul-vows-to-fight-gerrymandering/
15 days ago
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New York State Senate advances legislation on
#AnimalAbuse
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New York State Senate gets tough on animal abusers
New York’s Democratic State Senate majority has advanced legislation to protect pets and increase penalties for animal abusers, including measures to check vacated buildings for animals, set …
https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/new-york-animal-protection-laws/
15 days ago
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#FoundationAid
leaves NY schools $77.4B short: report
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Rich districts spend $55K per student while poor schools starve for aid
New York’s public schools are underfunded by $77.4 billion due to an outdated foundation aid formula, with the majority of the underfunded districts being low-income and minority communities,…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/foundation-aid-formula-reform/
20 days ago
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#Pied-Ă -terre
tax in New York: Upstate expansion, NYC revenues, and the budget
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Will taxing empty mansions save New York's budget? Inside the proposed pied-Ă -terre property tax
New York City is considering a “pied-à -terre” tax on second homes worth more than $5 million, which is projected to raise $500 million a year, but the actual revenue could be between $3…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/pied-a-terre-tax-upstate/
20 days ago
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Lawmakers, advocates, and business groups clash over New York's
#climatelaw
in late budget
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Is New York's climate law spiking your energy bill? Hochul says so, but climate advocates suspect she's protecting fossil fuelers
Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing to delay New York’s climate law, citing rising energy costs due to federal policies, while environmental advocates and progressive lawmakers argue that the la…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/governor-hochul-fights-climate-law/
21 days ago
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Late NY
#budget
leaves school districts in financial limbo
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NY missed its budget deadline, so schools have to guess about your property taxes before you vote on them
New York state lawmakers are negotiating a late budget, forcing local school districts to finalize their own spending plans without knowing their exact state funding amounts, while residents in the…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/late-ny-budget-leaves-school-districts-in-financial-limbo/
21 days ago
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#TaxTheRich
or cut spending?
@governor.ny.gov
and
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
spar over budgets
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Billionaires, empty penthouses, and a budget crisis: Why NYC and Albany are fighting over how to tax the rich
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin proposed reducing the Pass-Through Entity Tax to fill the city’s budget gap, but Governor Kathy Hochul rejected the ide…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/tax-the-rich-or-cut-spending-hochul-and-mamdani-spar-over-budgets/
22 days ago
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Advocates push for
#MetroNorth
expansion amid
@amtrak.com
lawsuit
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Sick of sold-out Amtrak trains? NY lawmakers want to bring Metro-North upstate, but a federal lawsuit could be in the way
18 Democratic state senators and transit advocates are urging Governor Kathy Hochul to revive a canceled expansion of Metro-North commuter rail service north of Poughkeepsie, while Amtrak is fighti…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/amtrak-metro-north-track-access/
23 days ago
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7th extender: New York
#budget
delays continue
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New York is 27 days late on its budget: $15.2 billion and counting
New York lawmakers passed a seventh emergency budget extender, authorizing $2.5 billion in spending through April 30, while policy disagreements continue to be debated.
https://www.news10.com/capitol/seventh-budget-extender-2026-2027/
23 days ago
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The legacy of Silver v. Pataki: The decades-old ruling still looming over New York's late
#budget
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Why New York's budget is weeks late again, so lawmakers want a constitutional amendment
The New York State legislature has passed a sixth emergency budget extender, while some legislators are pushing for a constitutional amendment to reclaim negotiating power and prevent the executive…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/silver-pataki-late-budget-explainer/
26 days ago
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DOJ reschedules medical
#marijuana
, leaves out NY's recreational shops shops
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Medical dispensaries got a federal tax break, but New York's recreational cannabis shops are still paying
The federal government has moved state-licensed medical marijuana to a less strict drug category, providing a tax break to medical dispensaries, but recreational shops remain subject to the old tax…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/cannabis-rescheduling-impacts-new-york/
27 days ago
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New York targets
#PredictionMarkets
with lawsuits, executive order, and legislation
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Are prediction markets just illegal gambling? NY AG Letitia James is suing crypto giants Coinbase and Gemini to find out
New York State officials have banned state workers from insider trading on prediction markets and filed lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini for allegedly operating illegal gambling websites.
https://www.news10.com/news/new-york-prediction-markets/
27 days ago
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New York lawmakers approve sixth emergency
#budget
extender
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NY's budget is 3 weeks late and each extender costs taxpayers almost $100k
New York lawmakers passed a sixth emergency budget extender to keep the government open through April 27, providing funds for state employee paychecks as policy disagreements stall progress.
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-sixth-budget-extender-2026/
28 days ago
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GOP primary heats up as Trump endorses Sticker Mule's Anthony Constantino in NY-21 race
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GOP primary heats up as Trump endorses Sticker Mule’s Anthony Constantino in NY-21 race
President Donald Trump has endorsed Anthony Constantino in the race for an open North Country seat, tightening the race against Assemblymember Robert Smullen, who has pushed back at Constantino and…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/trump-endorses-constantino-north-country/
28 days ago
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#Climate
protest at
@governor.ny.gov
's office leads to 18 arrests
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Protesters arrested at the Capitol today for blocking Hochul's office
18 climate activists were arrested outside the governor’s office in Albany, NY, while State Senate Democrats advanced a package of environmental bills, with the protesters demanding that the …
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-capitol-climate-protest-arrests/
29 days ago
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GOP bill would restore
#MatchingFunds
for disqualified Blakeman
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Republicans fight back after Blakeman campaign blocked from $7M
Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to restore millions of taxpayer dollars to GOP candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, after he was disqualified from receiving matching funds due t…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-gop-campaign-finance-blakeman/
about 1 month ago
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New York passes fifth
#budget
extender, three weeks late
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New York passes fifth budget extender, three weeks late
New York lawmakers passed a fifth emergency budget extender to prevent a government shutdown, while Governor Kathy Hochul refuses to drop her policy demands, causing delays in negotiations and fina…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/fifth-budget-extender-2026/
about 1 month ago
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Hochul expands proposed state restrictions on coordinating with
#ICE
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Hochul wants to unmask ICE agents and limit deportations—but progressives poked holes in her plan
Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed a plan to limit cooperation between federal immigration enforcement and local and state authorities, while allowing coordination for serious crimes, and to protec…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/hochul-ice-immigration-proposals/
about 1 month ago
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Trump’s 2027 budget cuts
#LIHEAP
, blames New York
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Trump's new budget eliminates heating aid for 1.4 million New York families
The Trump administration has proposed a budget for 2027 that eliminates heating aid and cuts language education funding for New York, which state officials argue will hurt millions of New Yorkers b…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/trump-budget-cuts-ny-aid/
about 1 month ago
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New York approves fourth
#budget
extender as policy stalls negotiations
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Lawmakers pass the buck (and a fourth budget extender) as talks drag New York's state budget nearly 3 weeks past the legal deadline
New York State lawmakers passed another emergency budget extender to fund state operations through April 20, with Democratic leaders expecting another extender on Monday, meaning the final state bu…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/nys-budget-extender/
about 1 month ago
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New York's repeal of
#100FootRule
delayed until 2027
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Are you paying for your neighbor's gas line? NY just delayed a law that would force developers to foot the bill.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment delaying the repeal of the state’s 100-foot rule to April 10, 2027, which would force property developers, builders, and new applicants to pay for th…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-delays-100-foot-rule/
about 1 month ago
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New York State Senate Democrats back
#utility
reforms, consumer safety bills
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Sick of soaring power bills? NY Democrats just advanced a utility protection package to stop shutoffs and cap rate hikes.
New York State Senate Democrats have advanced a new set of utility laws to protect consumers from soaring energy costs, including measures to stop shutoffs during extreme weather, create refunds fo…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/senate-democrats-utility-reforms/
about 1 month ago
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NY
#climatelaw
delay draws environmentalist rebuke
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Will delaying New York's climate law save you $4,000, or cost you $9,000?
New York lawmakers and environmental advocates rallied at the State Capitol to defend the state’s climate law, arguing that delaying emissions deadlines and cap-and-invest rules will cost New…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/hochul-climate-law-delay/
about 1 month ago
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Congressmember threatens lawsuit over New York State voter rolls
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Are 3.1 million NY voter registrations missing required ID?
A conservative election group and a Republican congressmember from New York are demanding that the New York State Board of Elections provide records about voter registration practices that they cla…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/voter-registration-lawsuit-threat/
about 1 month ago
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NY AG reaches settlement with New York-Presbyterian Hospital
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The state is forcing a major hospital system to fix its mental health programs
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital system to overhaul its screening and security protocols, reform its emergency mental health ca…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/ny-presbyterian-settlement-mental-health/
about 1 month ago
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New York Democrats amend state forest green energy bill amid ORES backlash, misinformation claims
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https://www.news10.com/capitol/solar-wind-infrastructure-controversy/
about 1 month ago
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New York State Senator
@jamesskoufis.bsky.social
proposes
#ConversionTherapy
lawsuits
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The Supreme Court struck down conversion therapy bans in March, but New York might let victims sue conversion therapists
New York State Senator James Skoufis has introduced legislation to allow survivors of conversion therapy to sue mental health professionals who performed the practice, in response to a Supreme Cour…
https://www.news10.com/capitol/skoufis-bill-conversion-therapy/
about 1 month ago
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Record $1.6 billion
#overtime
for state workers amid New York labor shortage
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https://www.news10.com/capitol/state-workforce-overtime-growth/
about 1 month ago
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Blakeman sues state over $7 million after
#campaignfinance
DQ
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https://www.news10.com/capitol/blakeman-campaign-funds-lawsuit/
about 1 month ago
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