Legislative Session

Key environmental bills and aid in dying legislation were left on the table.

There's a growing rift between Governor Kathy Hochul and some top democratic state lawmakers over the governor’s decision.

There are just seven scheduled session days for lawmakers to complete their work for 2024.

Many of the items were left out of the state budget process.

State lawmakers concluded their 2022 session early Saturday morning , working to pass several gun control and abortion rights bills, as well as a first-in-the-nation two-year ban on crypto mining.

The measures include legal protections for health care providers in New York who perform abortions on patients from states where the procedure would be banned if the 1973 decision is overturned.

The legislative session is scheduled to end on Thursday, and Governor Kathy Hochul and the Legislature hope to accomplish several major issues, including further protecting abortion rights and more gun safety measures.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reported to be pushing for changes to New York’s controversial bail reform laws, even though legislative leaders have said they are not yet ready to alter the laws.

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