With relatively clearer sailing to Election Day — considering former GOP contender Rep. Elise Stefanik dropped out of the race last month and insinuated it was unwinnable for her — and considering Lt.

State legislators are back this week and Governor Kathy Hochul’s office touted a couple of interesting accomplishments ...

In this episode of The LG Wire podcast, join the Wire’s producer and editor Alex Genovese and The Legislative Gazette’s Editor-in-Chief Darren Johnson as they discuss recent changes in election law in ...

Photo by Debora Cartagena, courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thirty-one public health organizations, including the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes ...

Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney at an event in Newburgh in September. Legislative Gazette photo by Destiny Vicente. Four-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney will be facing ...

Since August 2022, DEA and other law enforcement agencies nationwide have seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 26 states. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl,” this trend appears to be a new ...

Proposal 1 was passed by New York voters on Nov. 4, amending the state’s constitution to allow the maintenance and expansion of the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in exchange for adding 2 ...

In this episode of The LG Wire, join the Wire’s producer and host Alex Genovese and Editor-in-Chief Darren Johnson as they look back at their time at the Legislative Gazette so far. In their ...

Meet the Fall 2025 Legislative Gazette staff writers, comprised of SUNY New Paltz students: The Legislative Gazette is a student-staffed newspaper dedicated to covering the politics, policy, and ...

While hundreds of corrections officers rallied outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, a smaller group of prisoners’ rights advocates stood on the fringes of the crowd, calling for a prison system that ...

Earlier this session, the New York Senate voted on a bill (S.830) sponsored by Sen. Leroy Comrie, automatically restoring the right of formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony to ...