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Monday, January 28, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner joined mayors from across New York in Albany today.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says New York will ban youths 16 years old and younger from indoor tanning booths.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  New York's top court says the saliva of an HIV-infected man who bit a police officer doesn't constitute a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument under state law.

Monday, May 14, 2012  A day after New York's highest court ruled that simply viewing child pornography online wasn't against state law, some shocked lawmakers acted within 24 hours to introduce a bill to address it.

Friday, May 11, 2012  New York state representatives are considering a bill that would ban indoor tanning for anyone under 18 years old.

Friday, March 23, 2012  New York's top court says state law requires judges to give defendants at least two bail options, reversing lower courts that concluded they can require cash.

Monday, February 06, 2012  A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  New York State lawmakers haven't had a pay raise in the last 13 years, not since 1999.

Monday, January 02, 2012  Right now, some of you are forced to get your medications by mail but that will soon be illegal here in New York.

Monday, December 19, 2011  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked the state's 932 towns to show his office their ethics codes in an effort to bolster self-policing by local government.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  Should the identities of jurors be confidential or does the public have a right to know?

Thursday, June 23, 2011  What do lawmakers do to earn their annual salary of $79,500?  We talked to an expert to find out.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Local school districts are urging drivers to take extra precautions after emails threatening to target school buses filled with children were sent to state lawmakers.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  A small-time thief and forger got his sentence of up to six years cut to six months by testifying against Steve Barnes, recounting an incriminating jailhouse conversation.

Sunday, February 14, 2010  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and her potential Democratic primary challenger, Harold Ford Jr., are both addressing New York's influential caucus of minority state lawmakers in Albany.