New York State Senate

Ryan, a Democrat, wraps up 13 years on the legislature. He narrowly won the wide-open 50th senate district seat to replace John Mannion, who's preparing his own transition to Congress.

State senators and Assembly members started to pass the first budget bills on Monday. Details for many major spending items have still not been worked out.

The second of Gov. Kathy Hochul's two choices to serve on the state's high court gets a hearing from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In a full floor vote, the New York State Senate rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice for the state’s chief judge, 39-20. This marks the first time in recent history that the Senate rejected a governor’s nominee for chief judge.

The New York state legislature is scheduled to end its session in mid-June. Lawmakers have a long list of priorities they hope to finish before…

Most of the attention this election season has been focused on the Presidential campaign, but there are also a significant number of New York State Senate…

Could New York use a New Deal-style program to bring jobs to the flood of people who lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Senator Rachel May is…

The declining New York State Senate Republican conference could get even after three Senators announced that they are not running for reelection in 2020.…

The first candidate to step forward to announce intentions to run for the soon-to-be-vacated 50th State Senate Seat made it official Wednesday during a…

Parents, school officials and community leaders from Syracuse and Utica called upon the state to increase funding to public schools Tuesday. They aim to…