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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein today announced an agreement on legislation to modernize New York’s 80-year-old Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. The agreement allows alcohol to be sold earlier on Sundays, adds commonsense provisions to broaden retail sales by producers, and reduces ...

MARCY—The New York Power Authority and New York State Electric & Gas today announced the completion of a $120 million transmission project that will enable more electricity from renewable sources to flow from upstate to meet energy demand in more-populated downstate regions without having to build new power lines. The project, known as the Marcy South Series Compensation Project, is also a cornerstone ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today received 26 recommendations from the Business Regulation Council. The Council submitted recommendations on ways to decrease the cost of doing business in New York State without compromising protections for workers. The Council arrived at its recommendations after conducting a review the state’s ...

Albany, NY – At a Grand Finale Gala held on Friday, May 13, 2016 in the elegant Renaissance Albany Hotel, The Upstate New York/Vermont Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announced the names of the 2016 Man and Woman of the Year. Kelsey Carr of The Chazen Companies, was named Woman of the Year, raising over $95,000 for LLS, while Rick Ostroff of Ostroff Associates was named Man of the Year, raising a record ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today announced an agreement on the 2016-17 state budget. The budget holds the growth in state spending to two percent for the sixth consecutive year, continuing to reverse a decades-long trend where state spending outpaced the rate of inflation or personal ...

Former Bronx superintendent and principal Betty Rosa was elected chancellor of New York’s Board of Regents on Monday, ushering in a new era in state education policy. Rosa, who has been endorsed by leaders of a campaign to boycott state tests, has been a vocal critic of many of the sweeping policy changes that have changed education in New York over the last several years, including the rollout of the Common ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today launched the Alcoholic Beverage Control E-Commerce Task Force – a group created to develop a clear framework for regulating sales of alcoholic beverages through third party providers. Third party providers are currently unregulated entities that function as intermediaries between licensed retailers and their customers. This new and rapidly-growing segment of the industry will help increase sales ...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Conference of the NAACP, Make the Road NY, New York Communities for Change, A Better Balance, and 13 other advocacy and community-based organizations have joined the “Strong Families, Strong New York” campaign to fight for passage of paid family leave in New York State. These groups are endorsing the Governor’s proposal for 12 weeks ...

Empire State Development (ESD) today announced three new Digital Gaming Hubs in New York State at New York University (NYU), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The Digital Gaming Hubs, selected through a Request For Proposals process, will receive $150,000 each, per year for three years. “The new Digital Gaming Hubs will encourage students and businesses to create new ...