State DMV promotes transition to more secure IDs
Air travelers will soon need enhanced forms of identification, so there is a rush for a REAL ID or enhanced drivers license.
Planned Parenthood’s agenda for New York
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts leader Robin Chappelle Golston discusses fiscal and policy agenda for Albany.
Outdated payment model for health care safety net
The state Medicaid rates for community health centers are based on costs from more than two decades ago.
Promoting locally grown meals in schools
American Farmland Trust wants changes to school meal reimbursements to incentivize more locally purchased food for students.
Technology eyed to slow down state’s worst speeders
State lawmakers Emily Gallagher and Andrew Gounardes want to use technology to slow down cars driven by repeat speeders.
Mitchell-Lama program needs operating and capital support
Assembly members Steven Raga and Karines Reyes call for hundreds of millions of dollars into New York's Mitchell–Lama housing.
Familial workforce eyed for medically fragile children
Assemblymember Phil Steck wants parents with medically fragile children to be paid for providing their children with care.
Assembly Republicans look to address human trafficking
Assemblymember Brian Maher discusses how the state should respond to human trafficking and support trafficking survivors.
So you’ve died and gone to budget purgatory
At this point in the state budget process there isn't much for rank-and-file state lawmakers to do at the Capitol.
Budget likely to include Hochul’s school smartphone restrictions
Restrictions on students' access to smartphones during the school day will likely be part of the state budget.