Vaughn Golden

While speaking in Binghamton Monday, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado declined to join Gov. Kathy Hochul in calling some policies to respond to New York City’s influx of migrants "bigoted."

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, arguing the panel violates portions of the state constitution after it brought enforcement action initially started by its predecessor.

Digital Gadgets, a firm scrutinized for its owners’ involvement in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign at the same time the company secured $637 million in contracts to deliver COVID-19 tests, is now suing the administration, arguing it didn’t follow rules for competitive bidding for subsequent test orders.

In a major win for environmental groups, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation placing a two-year ban on new large-scale operations used to generate cryptocurrency Tuesday.

Leaders in the New York Legislature were prepared to spend millions of dollars drawing their own redistricting lines and fighting resulting litigation, months before the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission failed.

President Biden recently pardoned all people charged with marijuana possession under federal law. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called Biden’s move a good “first step,” but she said that needs to be done.

A judge in Manhattan has decided to charge the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission, or IRC, to draft new state Assembly districts for 2024 elections.

Environmental groups are pushing regulators to deny renewal of water permits for a power plant along Seneca Lake that’s come under scrutiny for its cryptocurrency-mining operation.

New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie defended his proposal to reassemble the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw state Assembly maps after they were invalidated by courts earlier this year.

Leaders of the Democratic-controlled state legislature and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are proposing that a court reconvene the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission. They want the commission to be charged with redrawing districts for the state Assembly 2024, after they were invalidated earlier this year.