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The ongoing staffing dispute between unionized nurses and Albany Medical Center is drawing attention from New York state lawmakers. A coalition of state legislators representing the Capital Region ...
The bulk of the mammoth $254 billion state budget deal was unveiled Wednesday with some last minute self-serving quietly slipped into the batter before Albany lawmakers were set to finally vote on it.
The budget was supposed to be approved by the April 1 start of New York’s fiscal year, but leaders in Albany missed the deadline. Hochul and legislators spent weeks struggling to reach consensus ...
Albany — New York's FY2026 budget is officially finished, and as the spending plan was taking shape over the past few weeks and months, the State's Corrections system was in turmoil. Advocates ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed New York’s $254.3 billion budget on Friday morning, ending a five-week delay that left schools scrambling and froze lawmakers’ pay.
ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul conceded to pressure from Democratic lawmakers, agreeing to a modest funding boost for environmental projects. The Environmental Protection Fund will get $ ...
ALBANY — New York state lawmakers are getting behind a proposal to legalize assisted suicide, The Post has learned. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) told lawmakers during a meeting behind ...
For the past few weeks, we’ve been starting our broadcast with an update on the New York state budget ... capitol reporter Dan Clark of the Albany Times-Union. Dan, how is this year different ...
Travelers between Albany and New York City are waking up to fewer train options and longer wait times today, as Amtrak implements service reductions tied to critical tunnel rehabilitation work in ...