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Ava Pukatch/WRVOThe Syracuse Common Council passed legislation at Monday's meeting proceeding with a phased rollout of new sanitation carts and pilot of a community broadband program. -
Karen DeWitt/New York State Public RadioChanges to the state's bail reform laws and increasing taxes on the wealthy are two budget issues supported by New Yorkers, but they are dividing Governor Hochul and the legislature.
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After an injury on duty, one central New York volunteer firefighter and his family is facing serious financial impacts, Senator John Mannion introduced new legislation to help.
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Cara Chapman/NCPRThe loophole resulted in thousands of migrants annually crossing into Canada from the U.S. at a non-official checkpoint, enabling them to stay in the country as they seek asylum instead of letting the process play out while staying in the U.S.
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A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to build 800,000 new homes over the next decade. To help meet that need, construction is set to start on a new affordable housing development in Seneca Falls. -
The Syracuse Common Council is considering a new community broadband program aimed at improving digital equity throughout the city.
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A popular housing program in the city of Syracuse may be getting a boost from some federal funds.
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SUNY Chancellor John King spoke to students at Cayuga Community College in Auburn. During his visit King addressed low community college enrollment rates.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has said she prefers the right budget to an on-time budget, appears ready to dig in her heels to get enough Democrats on board to win passage of the latest bail law changes. In 2022, the budget was nine days late as the governor held out for previous changes to the law.
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The meeting of the General Conference Committee, known colloquially as the “mothership,” marks the start of the end phase of budget talks, when legislative leaders start making deals with the governor in order to agree on a spending plan.
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Advocates say low wages have led to chronic staff shortages and have made it difficult for parents to find care for their youngest children.
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With two weeks before the state budget is due, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature have different ideas on how the spending plan should look, with the Senate and Assembly rejecting most of the governor's key items.
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A coalition that includes some of New York's medical marijuana companies sued state cannabis regulators Thursday in an effort to open up licensing to all retail dispensary applicants immediately.
