'Summers are nice here': State budget stalls over criminal justice policy
But lawmakers have largely agreed to a proposal from Hochul that would ban students from using their cellphones during the ...
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NY lawmakers pass another budget extension before going home for weekend
While Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly tallied a budget-process win Thursday on her bell-to-bell school cellphone ban, the final ...
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State leaders agree to school cellphone ban as rest of budget remains in limbo
Legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul have settled on a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools, a top priority for the ...
NY pols trying to kill Hochul’s mask restriction proposal due to ‘heightened concern’ over ICE arrests of anti-Israel protesters
The state Senate is trying to kill Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute push to crack down on masked protesters — out of ...
New York State to Impose Whole-Day Ban on Cellphones in Schools
New York State legislative leaders have agreed to ban smartphone use in public schools under a new budget agreement aimed at improving children’s mental health.
Republican legislation takes aim at NYC congestion pricing and the MTA
On Wednesday, Republicans in the New York State Senate introduced a slate of legislation to cancel congestion pricing and make sweeping changes to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency. As budget ...
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Rikers Island Forced to Reopen Closed Jail as Understaffed State Prisons Refuse Transfers
The Adams administration is preparing to reopen a jail facility on Rikers Island to add space for convicted people who should ...