On Jan. 28, several members representing the non-profit human services organization Bring Up Minimum Wage (BUMP) provided ...

Lawmakers and advocates came together in the Capitol Building on Tuesday to support a package of legislation aimed at raising wages and making the state more affordable. The rally, held by the ...

It’s Tuesday, January 13, 2026, and I’m doing mandated state ethics training online because I teach for a SUNY college. It’s live and supposed to end by noon, but the moderators of the training are ...

Candidates running for election Nov. 4 may want to keep their yard signs, as they’ll have to do it all over again soon. That’s because who you elect this fall may not be allowed to serve their full ...

Photo by Debora Cartagena, courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thirty-one public health organizations, including the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes ...

State legislators are back this week and Governor Kathy Hochul’s office touted a couple of interesting accomplishments yesterday. One was the effects of New York City congestion pricing over the past ...

Meet the Fall 2025 Legislative Gazette staff writers, comprised of SUNY New Paltz students: The Legislative Gazette is a student-staffed newspaper dedicated to covering the politics, policy, and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Researchers, regulators and public-health advocates urged New York lawmakers at a hearing on November 29th to strengthen consumer protections around mobile sports betting, in order to ...

Earlier this session, the New York Senate voted on a bill (S.830) sponsored by Sen. Leroy Comrie, automatically restoring the right of formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony to ...

Will the Legislative Gazette return to print? In this episode of The LG Wire podcast, join staff reporter Nancy Mac Innes and Editor-in-Chief Darren Johnson as they look to the future of the ...

More than 100 environmental justice groups and environmental organizations, led by Beyond Plastics and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives chapters in New York, New Jersey and across the ...