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Prohibition ended about 90 years ago. But in New York state, several communities chose to remain dry. A bill working its way through the state legislature looks to update what some call "antiquated" alcohol laws.
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New York's legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the state licensing agency like a "mission-driven" startup rather than a government office, according to an internal review.
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New York State Trooper Robert Stawicki received the Police Officer Medal of Valor for his work on December 15, 2021, when he responded to a structure fire in the Town of Granby in Oswego County.
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With little debate, the lines drawn by Democrats, who lead both the Senate and Assembly, were approved, with a handful of Republican minority party lawmakers also voting yes.
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After a closed-door meeting with his Democratic members on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said lawmakers will vote as soon as Wednesday on the lines drawn by the Democratic majorities in his house and the state Senate. Democrats on Monday rejected maps approved by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission earlier in the month.
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Both the rejected Independent Redistricting Commission map and the proposed boundaries by the state legislature split the City of Rome and the City of Utica into separate Congressional Districts.
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The Syracuse Common Council passed a resolution urging the federal government to renew the Affordable Connectivity Program.
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Democrats in the New York State Legislature rejected new congressional district maps drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission and are opting to draw their own maps instead. Republicans, who are in the minority in the Legislature, condemned the vote — saying it’s all about the Democrats trying to gain political advantage.
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Republicans have a razor-thin majority in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said what the future of the House looks like could come down to central New York's 22nd Congressional District.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James told ABC News on Tuesday that she will seek to seize some of the former president’s assets if he’s unable to cover the bill from Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 ruling in her lawsuit against Trump, his company and top executives.
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A potential deal between the Syracuse Housing Authority and Upstate Medical University, to tear down some public housing and build an optometry school, has stalled.
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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is looking to reauthorize legislation that would keep ghost guns off the street.