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- Redistricting commission rejects $1M in state funding
ALBANY – After months of pleading for funding, commissioners in charge of redrawing New York's legislative and congressional districts received… Read more » - Cuomo says restaurants, bars can close at 11 p.m. beginning Sunday
ALBANY — Restaurants and bars across the state can extend their closing times from 10 to 11 p.m. beginning Sunday.… Read more » - Cuomo aide says administration 'froze' amid federal nursing home probe
ALBANY — A top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told state lawmakers in a Wednesday conference call that the… Read more » - Pelosi rebuts Cuomo's claim that federal aid leaves New York shortchanged
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to New York's congressional Democrats Thursday asserting the state's deficit troubles… Read more » - Judge strikes down use of secret subpoenas in State Police internal probes
ALBANY — The long-standing practice of state agencies to secretly use their administrative subpoena authority to sift the personal records… Read more »