Despite the political grandstanding that delayed action on this issue until the fourth quarter — the Assembly and Senate had compiled a list of proposals long before the governor convened a last - minute executive panel — lawmakers approved a comprehensive series of bills designed to address the state's insidious opiate crisis. (suncommunitynews.com)
A similar series of bills were voted down recently in the Senate, a vote that was only called after a long filibuster by Senator Chris Murphy. (fortune.com)
The Senate has approved this week a series of bills that would extend mayoral control a variety of ways, but each measure includes provisions that strengthen charter schools — a non-starter for Assembly Democrats. (nystateofpolitics.com)