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Showdown over New York's gay marriage bill will likely be Wednesday[1]
Negotiations continue over additional religious protections that some undecided Republicans want, and progress appears to have been made so far in closed-door talks.
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NY lawmakers waiting to vote on property tax cap, SUNY tuition hikes, mandate relief[2]
State lawmakers hunkered down this evening for a long night of last-minute deal-making on key economic issues — capping local property taxes, hiking tuition by $300 per year at public universities and refiguring rent regulation for some.
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Tedisco proud of paperless progress[3]
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, R-Schenectady, made a stink earlier this year about how much state government spends on required printing of reports and other documents, and is now lauding a bill that has passed both the Senate and Assembly that would amend the State Constitution to (eventually) take the legislature paperless.
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NY lawmakers mull request for Niagara Falls stunt[4]
A bill that would allow a member of the daredevil Wallenda family to attempt a tightrope walk across the Niagara Gorge is making its way through the New York Legislature..