Students, parents and educators navigate school smartphone restrictions
New York is poised to become the latest state to restrict access to smartphones during the school day.
Assembly Dems balk at GOP’s voting ID proposal
Legislation requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote was held up in the state Assembly committee process.
SUNY grad student workers want better compensation
Members of the Graduate Student Employees Union came to the Capitol to make the case for a new contract with SUNY.
State considers school election flexibility amid disasters
State lawmakers are considering giving school districts more flexibility over their elections if a disaster diminished voter turnout.
New York’s top judge backs second chance legislation
New York’s top judge is throwing his support behind legislation intended to give incarcerated New Yorkers a pathway to a sentence reduction.
Senate GOP finds raise for education commissioner ‘unwarranted and offensive’
Senate Republicans are urging state education leaders to reconsider a 46 percent bay pump for Education Commissioner Betty Rosa.