No one knows if an effort to update the way New York decides how likely a sex offender is to reoffend will move in the state Legislature this year after more than a decade of inaction. Part of the bill is intriguing. Sen. Liz Krueger, D-New York City, and Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter, ...

Many city residents will never need to know what constitutes a Pilot Residential District. The type of infill housing development a Pilot Residential District would allow isn’t going to be found in most neighborhoods. That’s one reason why there wasn’t much controversy over the City ...

The process the village of Lakewood uses to regulate short-term rentals has, thus far, worked as intended. During Monday’s meeting, the Village Board approved three short-term rentals - two unanimously and one with some debate because it is in a R-1 district. The village’s short-term ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul will have a difficult decision to make before the end of the year when it comes to ending anonymous child abuse reporting. The aim of A.66/S.550 is simple - spend less time investigating child abuse complaints that end up having no merit and save parents whose children ...

Never let it be said that one person can’t make a difference. Tammy Shack of Bemus Point is living proof of that. The owner of the Bridgeview One Stop spent months trying to convince state officials that the closure of Exit 9 into Bemus Point was hurting her business as well as to have a ...

Injecting politics into the redistricting process - a process already governed by politics - is unfortunate but ultimately harms no one but politicians. It’s irksome when Texas Republicans and New York and California Democrats play shenanigans with congressional district lines because of ...