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 ...

Assemblyman Will Barclay stands at the podium joined by Assemblyman Ed Ra (left) and Assemblyman Josh Jensen (right) in support of legislation that would bolster childcare access and affordability in ...

Photos by Mike Groll, courtesy of the Governor’s Office Earlier this month, the Buffalo Bills and Erie County marked a major construction milestone with the final beam of structural steel being put ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo by Mike Groll, courtesy of the Governor’s Office January 21, 2025 — Albany, NY — Governor Kathy Hochul presents the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget in the Red Room at the State Capitol. Gov.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...