Five of the most influential labor unions in New York are celebrating what could be a short-term victory. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association came down Tuesday to a deadlocked 4-4 vote along liberal and conservative lines. The case threatened to block the ability […]

  Written by ISABEL GUERRIERA & EMILY DEMIRJIAN   North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is angry over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order banning non-essential state travel to North Carolina. New York’s travel ban is in response to a controversial North Carolina law which states that transgender people cannot use restrooms of […]

  Over 350 student groups at New York’s public colleges are voicing their opposition to an extension of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “rational tuition” legislation, and are calling for a freeze on SUNY and CUNY tuition rates to keep it at the 2016 academic year’s rate. The SUNY 2020 legislation, signed […]

  The State University of New York Board of Trustees is asking the governor and Legislature to provide SUNY with an additional $73 million in direct state investment. The Board says with such funding, which has been proposed by both houses of the Legislature, they can freeze resident undergraduate tuition […]

Supporters of the bill sanctioning mixed martial arts in New York state are hopeful Gov. Andrew Cuomo will soon sign the measure into law after it finally passed in the Assembly Tuesday night. Sen. Joseph Griffo, a long-time sponsor of the Senate bill, said the new law would ensure safer […]

  For the first time since former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos were found guilty on corruption charges, ethics reform legislation has passed in the Assembly. The bill (A.09535), which passed in the Assembly by a 138-4 vote on March15, would limit outside income […]

  Following an announcement that the attorney general has stopped daily fantasy sports in New York, a lawmaker says it’s time for the Legislature to legalize the games to ensure proper oversight and protect jobs. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday announced an agreement between his office and daily fantasy […]

  The Senate unanimously passed legislation on Monday to prohibit children under the age of eight from being left in cars without supervision. The bill (S.241), sponsored by Sen. Jack Martins, R-Mineola, aims to keep young children safe from life-threatening conditions that can occur in vehicles during warmer and cooler […]