That is where a bill that could help requalify dozens of invalidated ballots awaits Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature. The measure is intended to make it more difficult to invalidate affidavit ballots, as long as the voter “substantially complied” with election law.
For the Democratic Party, it was the end of a dubious era in Albany, where the defections were held up as further proof of the Capitol’s reputation for dysfunction and self-interest.
ALBANY, N.Y. — When Democrats won control of New York’s government last year, riding a national wave of liberal energy, they promised to fundamentally transform the state’s economy, infrastructure and social norms.
Staff members from the state Senate, Assembly and governor’s office met throughout the weekend, the first time they had engaged in three-way negotiations since the previous push fell short.
ALBANY, N.Y. — After New York state leaders reached a deal on a new $175 billion budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo praised it as “the best budget” of his tenure. The Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie, called elements of it “critical” and “historic.”
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers on Tuesday approved the most comprehensive set of gun bills in the state in six years, including measures that would ban bump stocks, prohibit teachers from carrying guns in schools and extend the waiting period for gun buyers who do not pass an instant background check.
Cuomo, a Democrat, won a third term in November by running on an aggressively progressive platform that promised to make New York a leader among liberal states.
ALBANY, N.Y. — With a Democrat-controlled state Legislature and the bold promises of an election year behind him, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday laid out a sweeping progressive agenda for the coming year, including legalizing marijuana, establishing a congestion pricing program in New York City and embracing a popular environmental and economic platform known as the Green New Deal.
ALBANY, N.Y. — If the 2019 legislative session seemed to begin with a breath of fresh air, it may be because of the newcomers: The New York state Senate this week welcomed 17 new members, all but two of them Democrats.
NEW YORK — It seemed like the political moment Gov. Andrew Cuomo had long been waiting for: Democrats in control of the state Senate and Assembly, a chance to finally embrace and implement real change.
NEW YORK — It seemed like the political moment Gov. Andrew Cuomo had long been waiting for: Democrats in control of the state Senate and Assembly, a chance to finally embrace and implement real change.
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