New York legislators yesterday voted to raise their salary to $142,000 in a lame-duck special session. Read More
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New York’s part-time senators and assemblymembers are poised to give themselves a 29 percent pay increase that would make them, by far, the highest paid state Legislature. Read More
The Governor says Micron is a great deal despite the price it will exact from the state’s taxpayers. But we haven’t seen the data and analysis explaining why. Read More
Laws in a civil society must apply to everyone equally — even bad laws, like New York's vague and over-broad lobbying law. Read More
Governor Hochul is promising to reform the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) in the wake of negative publicity arising from its role in the controversy over former Governor Cuomo’s book deal for “American Crisis.” It’s the latest incident to put JCOPE under the spotlight in its ten-year history. Read More
The document, titled “Foil at a Glance,” lays out the Cuomo administration’s procedures for handling FOIL requests Read More
Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump have more in common than boyhood homes in Queens. Like Trump, Cuomo could still face impeachment and an impeachment trial despite a promise to resign as Governor later this month. Read More
Republican lawmakers in Albany are calling for a special session to revive the popular alcohol-to-go provision Read More