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Dozens of climate change activists rallied outside of the Senate chambers in the state Capitol on Tuesday demanding the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo adopt a plan to move off fossil fuels by 2030. Assemblymen Bill Colton and Felix Ortiz were there to promote the New York Off Fossil Fuels […]
New legislation would impose tougher penalties and give victims more rights for civil action when sexually explicit images are published with malicious intent Senate Democrats passed legislation that criminalizes the unlawful dissemination of intimate images, also known as “revenge porn,” and makes it easier for victims to sue for damages. […]
A new bill proposed by the Senate Minority Leader would change the size and makeup of the state Senate, with the hopes of bringing “geographic balance” to New York. Under the legislation introduced by Sen. Joseph Griffo, each county in New York would elect just one senator, reducing the number […]
County executives and municipal recycling managers are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to make modifications to the proposed expansion of the Returnable Container Act, otherwise known as the “bottle bill,” which would add a deposit to sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit and vegetable beverages, and ready-to-drink coffees […]