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Only a handful of residents turned out to offer feedback on the nearly one billion dollar spending plan.
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The crackdown includes hate crimes, retail theft and illegal cannabis shops.
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Democrats on Monday rejected maps approved by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission earlier in the month. Republicans say the new lines favor the other party.
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Democrats in the New York State Legislature today Monday rejected new congressional district maps drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission. Republicans condemned the vote, saying Democrats are trying to gain political advantage.
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With control of the House of Representatives likely in the balance, Democrats who lead the Legislature have not signaled publicly what they intend to do.
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State lawmakers have to meet a court-ordered deadline of Feb. 28 to complete the redistricting process. Lawmakers are on recess until Feb. 26.
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The 2024 edition is a do-over of sorts after the Independent Redistricting Commission failed to agree on a single map in 2022.
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The meeting is open to the public, though the process of drawing the maps so far has not been done in the open. There's concern that disagreement could push back the primary.
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County leaders say a state law signed in December tramples on the county's charter by moving some local elections to even-numbered years.
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The debate is playing out in state budget negotiations. Gov. Hochul is proposing spending $2.4 billion to help house and feed some of the over 160,000 migrants who have entered New York during the past year.
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The bill would make New York only the second state in the nation, after California, to seek contracts with drug companies to make its own generic prescription drugs, including insulin, a drug that has sharply risen in price in recent years.
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Oral arguments are scheduled for Feb. 8 in Sheriff Toby Shelley's case challenging the closure ordered last year by County Executive Ryan McMahon and the county legislature.