New York reforms lieutenant governor selection process
Former Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy discusses the new selection process for future lieutenant governors that was in the state budget.
Pushback to state’s funding plan for MTA capital plan
Republican state lawmakers and the state business community is raising objections to a plan for funding the MTA's capital needs.
Assembly environmental leader discusses her priorities
Assemblymember Deborah Glick talks about getting harmful chemicals out of products and limiting plastic packaging waste.
Tightening rules for sports gambling operators
Assemblymember Robert Carroll wants to limit sports gambling advertising and restrict how much can be bet in one day.
Promoting trees along New York tributaries
In order to foster climate-resilient communities, the state is planting trees and shrubs along tributaries in New York.
Addressing New York’s unemployment debt
State policymakers appear to have agreed on spending billions of dollars to end New York's unemployment debt to the feds.
State housing voucher program likely in the works
After years of objections from governors and state budget officials, New York is poised to test out its own housing voucher.
Partisan divide over energy and environmental policies
A Siena College Research Institute survey shows Democrats and Republicans are split on energy and environmental issues.
Red flags raised about treated waste used by farmers
Environmentalists and public health officials are sounding the alarm about biosolids used by farmers in New York.
Control of Long Island power grid up for grabs
Newsday's Mark Harrington unpacks the drama behind the selection of a firm to manage the Long Island power grid.