State Sen. George Borrello is co-sponsoring legislation that would give a grace period for corrections officers who were fired earlier this year to return to work. S.7310 was introduced recently by Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, would allow reinstatement of former state Department of ...
Eyeing a 63.5% tax increase, the village of Fredonia doesn’t find itself on a list of local governments considered to be in fiscal stress by the state Comptroller’s Office. The list released Thursday focuses on governments like villages that have a non-calendar year financial cycle and ...
Some Albany insiders say it could be May before a state budget is approved this year - and some state lawmakers don’t want to go a month without their pay. Legislation (A.7764) was introduced recently by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx to end the practice of withholding legislative ...
State lawmakers are eyeing an expansion of the state’s Paid Family Leave law to include qualifying construction workers. The legislation (A.4727) recently passed the state Assembly by a 138-10 vote with Assemblymen Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, and Joe Sempolinski, R-Olean, both voting ...
Legislation that would allow courts to consider animal cruelty complaints when deciding whether or not to impose a temporary extreme risk protection order is one-third of the way toward becoming state law. A temporary extreme risk protection order, otherwise known as a red flag order, is a ...
A Jamestown man has pleaded innocent to charges filed after two alleged theft incidents at neighboring stores less than a week apart in Warren. Michael Lockerbie, 59, of Jamestown was charged March 18 with third-degree felony retail theft – taking merchandise, and driving while operating ...