Report: Cuomo can start NY cleanup alone
Reform advocates say Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo can start fixing state government without waiting for any legislative support, using executive authority to take dozens of steps to improve ethics and...
View ArticleMore NY courts to focus on medical malpractice
New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early. The approach, shown to...
View ArticleClean energy funds for trash burning opposed
Environmental groups are pressing state regulators to reject a petition seeking renewable energy subsidies for trash-burning power plants, saying the incinerators are big polluters. The Public Service...
View ArticleKoch blasts NY Legislature over new district lines
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch said New York’s Republican-led Senate and the Assembly’s Democratic majority would be “disgraceful” if, as expected, they propose new legislative districts this week...
View ArticleCalone: Fair elections good business for NY
New York needs a new campaign finance system.
View ArticleGroups offer helpline to NY voters
The groups say voters may not realize that the ballot is two-sided, with candidates on one side and propositions on the other.
View ArticleNYPIRG proposes campaign donation limits
The New York Public Interest Research Group blames the state's political scandals on lax limits, poor enforcement and loopholes.
View ArticleJames Simons tops lists of New York mega-donors
The Renaissance Technologies founder and his wife donated nearly $1.2 million to political campaigns in New York State.
View ArticleNY doctors’ group wants credentials on display
A group representing New York doctors is urging the state Legislature to require medical practitioners to display their specific licenses and credentials.
View ArticleProtests mount as NYS eyes axing doctor data website
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking to pull funding for the New York Physician Profile website in his proposed 2015 website.
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