Voters in New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor, according to the Associated Press. Mamdani secured victory as the ...

Democratic nominee Dorcey Applyrs was elected as the mayor of Albany, defeating Republican Rocco Pezzulo on Nov. 4, 2025. She ...

The Empire State Plaza Farmer’s Market - Commerce in the Concourse Inside Albany’s year-round, literally underground, New ...

On Monday, March 24, Gov. Kathy Hochul met with survivors of domestic violence, advocates, and prosecutors to call for legal reforms and unprecedented state funding investments to strengthen ...

Candidates running for election Nov. 4 may want to keep their yard signs, as they’ll have to do it all over again soon.

In recent years, legislation has been enacted that greatly affects the state of suicide prevention at the state and federal ...

The Legislative Gazette’s podcast is back! Join two of our student interns, Benjamin Nellis and Meyghan Figueroa, and our editor-in-chief, Darren Johnson, as they relaunch our podcast by discussing ...

A 2013 rally outside the state Capitol in Albany, protesting passage of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, otherwise known as the SAFE Act. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral ...

A coalition of good-government groups is applauding the Senate and Assembly for including $114.5 million for the New York State Public Campaign Finance Program in their one-house budget bills, ...

The watchdog groups Reinvent Albany and Scrutinize recently released a report that estimates a meager 6 percent of all New York state criminal court decisions are actually published annually. These ...

Meet the Fall 2025 Legislative Gazette staff writers, comprised of SUNY New Paltz students: The Legislative Gazette is a student-run newspaper dedicated to covering the politics, policy, and people of ...

From left, Sen. John Liu, NYPIRG’s Executive Director Blair Horner, and Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal celebrate Sunshine Week by announcing four bills that would improve and strengthen New York’s Freedom of ...