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Cuomo says Lopez should go
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says an assemblyman accused of sexual harassment should resign or be removed by the Assembly. … Full Article
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Cuomo backs minimum wage boost; compromise emerges

Columbia Waterfront
ALBANY — Legislators on Wednesday began privately discussing a new way to increase the state's minimum wage after Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the long-blocked effort a big boost in his proposed budget. … Full Article

Cuomo's $143B budget would up spending 2%

Brighton Beach
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday backed up the progressive agenda he cheered about in his State of the State speech a week ago with an apparently balanced financial plan that he detailed in the measured tones of a CEO. … Full Article

Golden says his hit-run bill is gaining momentum in Albany

Bay Ridge
State Sen. Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) said he is confident a proposal he made last year for stricter penalties against hit-run drivers will become law, now that other legislators have joined his cause.  … Full Article

Hispanics lash Malliotakis over illegal immigrant remarks

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Brook-Krasny says gun control law will 'stop the madness'

Bay Ridge
As Congress prepares to debate President Barack Obama’s gun control proposals, state lawmakers from Brooklyn are defending their “yes” votes on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s tough new anti-gun measures. … Full Article

NY's fast action short-circuited NRA gun law opposition

ALBANY — The National Rifle Association says the secret negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun control laws squelched the powerful gun lobby's ability to mount opposition. … Full Article

CHEATERS! Lawmaker says insurance companies are cheating Sandy victims

Coney Island
Insurance companies shouldn’t be allowed to leave policy holders high and dry after the flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, according to Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Bay Ridge-Staten Island), who said she’s drafting legislation to change the way companies operat … Full Article

Conservative Party head calls gun bill Cuomo’s ‘political theater’

Bay Ridge
Is the state’s tough new gun control bill the opening salvo in the 2016 presidential campaign? Mike Long thinks so. … Full Article

OPENING SHOT IN GUN WAR: NY first state to pass new gun law since Newtown massacre

Greenpoint
ALBANY — New York's Assembly on Tuesday easily passed the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a tougher assault weapons ban and prov … Full Article

Cuomo proposes gun, ammo magazine limits in State Of The State address

ALBANY— Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets as part of a wide-ranging gun control package he proposed in his State of the State speech Wednesday. … Full Article
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