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New leader for council helping steer state parks system
Bryan Erwin discusses his new role as chair of the state Council on Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation.
Coalition calls for online voting option in New York
Advocates for visually impaired New Yorkers and members of the military want a system of online voting to ensure privacy.
Empowering New Yorkers to hold polluters accountable
Sen. Zellnor Myrie explains his proposal to give New Yorkers legal standing to bring lawsuits against major polluters.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (former) private adviser
New York Times political reporter Nick Fandos shares the story of an influential adviser to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Environmental concerns sparked by Indian Point decommissioning
Assemblymember Dana Levenberg is pushing a bill banning radioactive materials from going into New York waters.
New York’s evolving gestational surrogacy landscape
It's been more than two years since the state's legalized commercial gestational surrogacy took effect.
The path to spending $4.2 billion on the environment
Nature Conservancy New York Director of Policy & Strategy Jessica Ottney Mahar discusses spending the state's environmental bond.
Campaign urges state recognition of Asian Lunar New Year
Assemblymember Grace Lee makes the case for memorializing the Asian Lunar New Year as an official state holiday.
State education officials advance limits on punishments for children
State Education Department Deputy Commissioner Angelique Johnson-Dingle discusses limits on seclusion and restraints.
