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Schumer gets 2028 warning with Mamdani New York upset
Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win has lasting implications for 2028 as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) fends off ...
New York Could Test the Four-Day Workweek
The state assemblymember behind the idea said it could serve as "a model not just for our whole state, but for the country." ...
NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announces $4.5M in funding for Plattsburgh YMCA
That funding will be used to build a new pool and bring other expansions to the nearly 50,000-square-foot building. Heastie ...
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New York Assembly Passes Bill to Fill Void as NLRB Lacks Quorum, Raising Preemption Concerns
As we previously reported here, since May 22, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has lacked a ...
How Ranked-Choice Voting in the New York City Mayoral Primary Works
Voters in the Democratic mayoral primaries are able to rank their top five candidates, but are not required to fill all five ...
NYS Assembly votes to abandon '100-foot rule' that provides free natural gas connections to new homes
ALBANY — The state Assembly on Monday passed a bill to eliminate the decades-old "100-foot rule" that requires utilities to ...
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Sewage sludge moratorium doesn't get vote in New York Assembly
A bill that would have put a five-year moratorium on the use of sewage sludge on farmland did not pass the New York state ...
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New York Assembly Speaker visits Plattsburgh YMCA and announces funding for pool renovations and discusses state politics
New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced $4.5 million in funds for Plattsburgh YMCA renovations during a visit to the facility this morning. But he also touched on state and national politics ...
Trump border czar hits Mamdani: ‘New York’s in trouble’
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan slammed New York state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani after the projected victory of the democratic socialist in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.