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The omnibus bill, which lawmakers hope to pass in both chambers with just days before the legislative session’s end, is the first major prison accountability bill that is close to a vote after Brooks’ death last December at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica.
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Syracuse Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens and Albany's chief city auditor Dorcey Applyrs both claimed victory Tuesday in their city’s Democratic mayoral primaries. -
Turnout was lowest in Rochester and Syracuse, where just more — or less — than 18% of eligible voters cast ballots. -
New York City is headed toward a general election unlike any in recent memory. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul made the announcement Monday in Niagara County. -
Lawmakers in the New York state Legislature raced to pass more than 800 bills this year. The legislation now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for her sign-off. -
The bill's passage comes after Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council launched dueling charter review commissions. -
The last-minute changes follow lobbying by business groups. -
A bill to add a warning label to social media platforms has just cleared both chambers of the state Legislature. -
“I’m not a happy camper,” said Assemblymember Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat who leads her chamber’s Committee on Environmental Conservation, regarding the Assembly's decision to not vote on her bill to reduce plastic packaging in products. -
The omnibus bill aimed at increasing transparency in New York’s prisons is the first major piece of legislation to pass since the recent beating deaths of two handcuffed people while incarcerated at separate upstate facilities.
