The New York state Capitol is seen as lawmakers vote on budget bills Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink for the NY Post ...

ALBANY — Activists and socialist Democratic lawmakers held a sit-in on a busy street outside the state Capitol to push for a bill that would expand the state’s controversial sanctuary policies.

ALBANY — Democratic assemblymembers stood in solidarity in the Empire State Plaza concourse Monday, hoping their shouts to protect the state’s bail reform law would drown out demands to change ...

Another $135 million is intended to advance a massive overhaul of the New York State Museum, which has long been a thorn in the side of Albany lawmakers. Hochul began signaling a desire to take ...

Zohran K. Mamdani, a democratic socialist state lawmaker from Queens, is running for mayor of New York City. His colleagues in the Legislature say he has evolved during his time in Albany.