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Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The chairman of Erie County's Republican Party says he's heard the sound of silence from the area&...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - A published report says a member of the Assembly's Democratic conference is calling on Speaker S...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he'll go ahead with a planned vote to expel Assemblyman...
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the second time in a week, a political corruption scandal has resulted in the arrest of a New York state...
New York will spend $27.74 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun contr...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A key element of New York's gun control law appears as if it will have to depend a great deal on the ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) After learning gun manufacturers don't make seven bullet magazines, Governor Cuomo and legislative lea...
(WBEN/AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are considering changes in New York's new gun control law involving t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Legislators are starting to sign off on some aspects of the state budget as a final agreement draws near ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic incr...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) — Republicans in the state Senate said they are trying to scale back parts of the landmark gun c...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The push to increase New York's minimum wage affecting millions of workers got a boost and hit a snag...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
(AP) New York's Democratic scandal that includes lurid tales of a groping assemblyman and a secret settlement by the powe...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says New York state can become the top yogurt producer in the nation, if ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) When Daniel Burling gave his farewell address to the Assembly, he told his colleagues he'd be back to ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand support an increase to the federal minimum wage,...
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has issued a statement renewing his call for increasing New York State's minimum wage. Si...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say a months-old proposal to raise the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead.The Ass...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is no longer the top Democrat in New York politics. He faces the ambitio...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The New York Assembly plans to hold a series of hearings on raising the state's minimum wage to $8...
(WBEN) Governor Cuomo is praising the just passed state budget... and is hinting at progress on one of the stickier issues in...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Democratic and Senate Republican majorities say they've agreed on th...
New York's state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are scheduled to adopt a $132 billion budget within days for the 2...
(WBEN/AP) New York would see up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, a doubled DNA database to fight crime and a less cushy pens...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) The top Democrat in the state Legislature is pushing legislation to boost the state's minimum wage f...
Bya slim two percent margin, Republicans will continue to hold onto the 148th Dist Assembly seatvacated by Jim Hayes, with th...
Analysis from Michael Gormley,Associated Press Albany Bureau ChiefGov. Andrew Cuomo is still riding high in polls and may con...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The push for a higher tax on New Yorkers making more than $1 million a year is getting fresh life wi...
