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Tuesday, January 15, 2013  New York's Legislature has passed the nation's toughest gun control law and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

Monday, January 14, 2013  New York's Senate where Republicans hold strong sway has approved what supporters say will be the toughest gun laws in the nation.

Monday, November 05, 2012  New Yorkers have a chance Tuesday to reshape the state Legislature as in few election cycles before.

Friday, April 13, 2012  The New York Assembly plans to hold a series of hearings on raising the state's minimum wage to $8.50 an hour next year.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  With child sex-abuse scandals rocking college sports programs, state lawmakers plan to revisit lifting time limits on victim lawsuits, an issue pitting the Catholic Church and other institutions against advocates for children.

Monday, November 28, 2011 

Thursday, June 16, 2011  The New York State Senate voted to eliminate a controversial program that stores images of the marks new handguns make on bullets.

Monday, June 13, 2011  A New York lawmaker has proposed legislation that would ban adults from smoking in cars when children under the age of 14 are present.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Mohawk Valley Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito to head the Office of General Services.

Monday, November 01, 2010  For most of the past five decades, individual members of New York's state Legislature, although reviled as a group, could relax and count on the perks and power of office to continue their better than 90-percent return rate. Those days may be gone.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  New York's Assembly was set Wednesday to release its version of a budget that won't include many of Gov. Paterson's proposed cuts to parks, schools, hospitals and public universities.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  The Assembly's Democratic majority is seeking to restore $600 million in funding to public schools, according to an education advocate familiar with the effort.