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The state Senate has approved a law that would put in place term limits for legislative leaders. The bill would impose an eight-year limit for lawmakers to serve as a leader. The legislation would also limit the number of years a lawmaker could serve as a committee chair. Senator Joseph...

Gia M. Arnold, who ran for the State Senate in 2014 on a platform opposing New York's SAFE Act gun control law, pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of a semiautomatic assault rifle. Arnold, 26, of Rochester, who was arrested last year in Niagara Falls after police found the gun in...

Less Than a Third Have Positive Image of McConnell, Schumer

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg dismissed sanctuary cities on Tuesday, saying that those who oppose federal immigration laws should try to change them in legislatures. "Morning Joe" panelist Steve Rattner asked Bloomberg for his take on the cities that refuse to cooperate with...

A Manhattan state senator wants to bar anyone who commits a hate crime from owning firearms. Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Manhattan) said the bill is needed as the number of hate crimes has climbed this year. With the bulk of hate crime convictions falling under misdemeanor categories, a number of...

The number of people shot in Chicago this year is nearing 1,000 after a violent weekend left seven dead and 31 others wounded, according to data kept by the Tribune. As of Monday morning, at least 992 people had been shot in Chicago this year. Last year, the city passed the 1,000 mark on April...

For what it's worth. ALBANY — National progressives are jumping into the battle to help claim the state Senate for the Democrats in 2018. New York is considered one of several statehouses nationally that the left believes can be turned completely Democratic in advance of the next round of...

A new Washington Post poll that declares President Trump as "the least popular president in modern times," waits until the second to last paragraph to reveal another tidbit: He'd still beat Hillary Rodham Clinton if the election were held today and in the popular vote, not just Electoral...

When Team Cuomo blocked a gas pipeline this month, and another last year, we warned of the fallout. A new report out Monday puts a price tag on such bans — and points out what’s really going on. The study, by the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, found that the...

Ten reasons why Andrew Cuomo might (or might not) be President: Reason One: He’s mean enough. You have to be mean to be President. That way people are afraid of you because they think if they cross you, you’ll get even. Presidents have a lot of power. Donald Trump is mean and Andrew Cuomo is...

How thirsty does Variety look begging readers to join it in doing high V cheerleading moves for Chelsea Clinton? Thirstier than an ultra-marathoner lost in Death Valley in mid-July. Hyping the entertainment magazine’s latest cover, Co-Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller gushed this week, “How cool...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York attorney Rick Collins said he understands why advocates might be hailing the state's new law raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18. But he said a major change to the criminal justice system has largely flown under the radar. At the same time...

As President Trump approaches the end of his first 100 days in office, he has received by far the most hostile press treatment of any incoming American president, with the broadcast networks punishing him with coverage that has been 89% negative. The networks largely ignored important national...

Good read!! If spending other people’s money were a golf tournament, New York lawmakers would again be wearing the green jacket. And that includes Republicans as well as Democrats. Alas, throwing around record amounts of cash without regard for our ability to pay or the return on our...

Three people were shot and killed after a man went on a shooting spree in downtown Fresno and at Catholic Charities Tuesday at Divisadero and Fulton streets in central Fresno, police Chief Jerry Dyer said. The 39-year-old suspect, identified as Kori Ali Muhammad, is now in custody, Dyer said...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo described this budget as a “a great, great progressive accomplishment.” I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, progressive accomplishments tend to be disasters for the working poor, middle class, small businesses, taxpayers, free enterprise, the Second Amendment and the safety...

Democrats are winning the war over the wall. Despite President Trump’s request for more than $1 billion to fund the Mexican border wall this year, GOP leaders are expected to exclude the money in the spending bill being prepared to keep the government open beyond April 28. Speaker Paul Ryan...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his way to Rochester on Tuesday to talk about how economies in upstate New York "are roaring back to life" and how the state plans to keep "moving forward'' on the recently passed $153 billion budget. New York state's governor, who is in his second term, said he came to...

Billionaire environmental extremist Tom Steyer appears to be the new owner of the New York State Attorney General’s office. What did it cost the California-based hedge fund mogul to make New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a pawn in his plan to vilify ExxonMobil and ramp up global...

Report: New York Gives Corporations More In Tax Breaks Than Any Other State New York's business tax incentives, a cornerstone of Governor Cuomo's two terms in office, are the most expensive and among the least effective of any in the country, according to a recent study by an economist. The...

The gun control group founded by billionaire former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is poised to spend $25 million to fight concealed carry legislation being touted by Republicans and pro-gun lobbyists, Politico reported. With its eye on the 2018 midterms, Everytown for Gun Safety is adding staff and...

Just five people were eating dinner on a recent weeknight at a Texas church that is a stopping point for newly arrived immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. On a typical night last year, hundreds of immigrants might come through the church. Immigrants who are still coming say many people in...