59 protesters arrested amid state budget talks
Leave your thoughtsOccupy Albany protesters are long gone from the park where they camped out more than two years ago, but a…
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Senate GOP NYC UPK surcharge blockade React-O-Mat
Leave your thoughtsIt only sounds like gibberish: Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos’ reiteration of his refusal to allow New York City’s home-rule…
Licenses urged for the undocumented
Leave your thoughtsIt’s been more than six years since former Gov.Eliot Spitzer tried to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. The…
Will 32 senators spur wage hike vote?
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — If a minimum wage increase has the support of a majority of state legislators and the declared support…
Letter: Ensure balanced SafeRx decisions
Leave your thoughtsThe state Board of Pharmacy is responsible for implementing SafeRx regulations requiring pharmacies to provide multilingual counseling and medication instructions,…
Hubbard: Pay gap threatens social justice
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard told a panel of Senate Democrats that the growing gap between rich and poor in New York state…
Drug Rule Breaks Language Barrier
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — Hoping to avoid medical mix-ups, the state will require pharmacies to provide customers with information about the drugs…
Let electoral maps protect state’s diversity
Leave your thoughtsFrederick Brewington (co-author) is a civil rights lawyer in Hempstead. Daniel Altschuler is coordinator of the Long Island Civic Engagement…
A last stand against budget reductions
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — If demonstrators get their way, Wednesday night will witness the first mass "camp-in" at the state Capitol —…
Activists Ready for Last Shot
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — The organization Make the Road New York is bringing a busload of activists to Albany on Monday —…