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Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his first proposal for the 2017 legislative agenda: making college tuition free at all SUNY and CUNY colleges for middle-class students. Under the proposal — which requires legislative approval — students whose families make less than $125,000 a year would qualify to attend college tuition-free […]
Around 11 p.m. at Siena College, a small Catholic college, students are getting ready for a night on the town. Soon, they’ll be tearing down the streets with hands pumping in the air, draining pitcher after pitcher, shot after shot at bar after bar, finishing up well into the wee […]
This year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be delivering his message to the state Legislature in a series of regional “State of the State” addresses delivered across New York. Cuomo is breaking from recent tradition of delivering a speech at the Capitol or Empire State Plaza on the first day […]
Senator Tony Avella said he plans to reintroduce legislation in January that would keep neighborhoods safe from swarms of student drivers. The lack of any official law or policy about where driving schools can teach their students has led to certain residential neighborhoods being overrun by excessive numbers of […]
A Queens assemblyman is pushing for the state’s public colleges to adopt policies that would protect undocumented students before president-elect Donald Trump takes office. But a western New York senator is warning SUNY administrators that such a “reckless” move could jeopardize federal aid for students in New York. Assemblyman […]
Governor, lawmakers taking steps to calm students and constituents On the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a letter to every college student in the state to calm their fears about post-election hate crimes, Vadim Imperioli was allegedly spray painting a swastika on a dorm bulletin board at SUNY […]
Governor cites a lack of funding source to offset tax credits For the second year in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that would have provided tax credits for New York residents who install residential geothermal energy systems. The bill S.6249/A.9925 would have provided New Yorkers a tax […]
The Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to disclose five years of federal income tax returns in order to appear on the ballot in New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, has drafted legislation that would require presidential candidates to submit their […]