The Legislative Gazette’s podcast is back! Join two of our student interns, Benjamin Nellis and Meyghan Figueroa, and our editor-in-chief, Darren Johnson, as they relaunch our podcast by discussing ...

Legislative Gazette file photo. Albany City Hall. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a new law that mandates public bodies to post meeting minutes online within 14 days of a meeting. This legislation ...

For the sixth time since its inception in 1982, the Siena College Research Institute’s Survey of U.S. Presidents finds that experts rank Franklin D. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, Thomas ...

Photo courtesy of the New York State Assembly, circa 1980 From left, Assemblyman Edward Griffith, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and John Halloran. The Honorable Edward Griffith of Brooklyn, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation redefining rape to better protect sexual assault survivors. The bill expands upon what is legally considered rape to include forms of nonconsensual sexual contact ...

John King, chancellor of the State University of New York system, signed a statement against higher education funding cuts, titled A Call for Constructive Engagement, along with many individual SUNY ...

Since August 2022, DEA and other law enforcement agencies nationwide have seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 26 states. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl,” this trend appears to be a new ...

May 23, 2024 — Wantagh, NY — Governor Kathy Hochul visits Jones Beach State Park to announce investments in the Municipal Swimming initiative and additional measures to monitor for sharks at State ...

Photo courtesy of New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, via @VickieforNYC Members of the Republican Assembly delegation speak in front of the St. Agnes migrant center in College Point, including ...

September 9, 2024 — Rochester, NY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the Student Lifeline Act, sponsored by Assemblywoman Sarah Clark, left and Sen. Samra Brouk, right, while announcing a new multimedia ...

In a race identified as a toss up by Real Clear Politics, all eyes are on the 18th Congressional District of New York as Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Colin Schmitt fight for a large swath of the ...

New York continues to lag the nation in job recovery but creating the new profession of “career criminal” is not the answer. Crime across the state, and particularly in New York City, has become ...