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ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big - projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.

ALBANY, N.Y. — With the recent indictment of New York politicians like Senator Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, many wonder, can they trust state lawmakers?

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Senate on Monday passed a bill approving ride - hailing apps like Uber to operate in Upstate New York.

ALBANY, NY (11/21/2013)(readMedia)-- «Nothing has transformed the rural economies of Marcellus Shale states like natural gas drilling.

ALBANY, N.Y. — With social media's influence on the 2016 presidential election still under review, a provision included in New York's state budget will require new disclosure for digital ads seen on sites like Facebook and Twitter.

ALBANY — Green groups and business interests don't agree on much, but both view Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent decisions on natural gas infrastructure like pipelines as inconsistent and problematic, albeit for different reasons.

ALBANY — The city might be the economic engine that drives the state, but of late, Gov. Cuomo has treated it more like a freeloader.

ALBANY — Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña received a mouthful in Albany Wednesday when Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo charged that the chancellor used taxpayer funds to dole out frivolous programs like «Santa...

ALBANY — Like the snow, the first statement arrived late Wednesday night: Yonkers mayor Mike Spano, a Democrat, felt New York City's plan to push ahead with its own plan to pay for pre-kindergarten was inequitable.

ALBANY — As the Assembly worked to finish up their work earlier this month, Bronx Democrat Jose Rivera summed up what a lot of his colleagues were thinking: «Like E.T., I want to go home!

ALBANY — The state Assembly's Brooklyn delegation has written to Speaker Carl Heastie asking that the chamber fight Gov. Cuomo's budget proposal to require online marketplaces like Etsy and Amazon to collect sales taxes on any transaction involving buyers from New York.

ALBANY — On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio made his third pilgrimage to Albany as mayor for «tin cup day» — an annual legislative rite in which mayors from various cities around the state appear before a joint bipartisan committee made up of members of both houses of the Legislature in order to, essentially, beg for what they would like to see in the state's final budget.

ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo Wednesday announced a study into why four parts of the state like Staten Island have significantly higher rates of cancer.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an Ozymandias - like claim to greatness and contrasted it with unnamed others during a Tuesday night interview on NY1.

ALBANY - New York lawmakers voted this week to block low - level sex offenders from driving for companies like Uber and Lyft, closing a loophole in the state's soon - to - take - effect law regulating ride - hailing.

ALBANY — He might not have liked the idea, but former Gov. Mario Cuomo will have the new Tappan Zee Bridge named after him.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson, acting more like a dead duck than a lame one, never even made it to the office yesterday.

ALBANY — As expected, Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed support for extending ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft to areas outside of New York City during the second stop on his State of the State tour in Buffalo.

ALBANY — A regulation tucked into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget plan regarding cell towers is pitting local governments against the state and major telecom providers like AT&T and Verizon.

ALBANY — Having secured a victory in the streets of New York City and over its mayor, the ride - sharing company Uber announced a legislative and public relations push on Tuesday to expand its business to taxi - and job - challenged cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Albany.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- With a new book, an appearance on David Letterman, high - profile trips overseas and a bigger campaign account than any other governor, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo might look like someone running for president.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Alexis Davis looked more like legislative staff than a Las Vegas - bound professional fighter as she made the rounds Tuesday at the New York Capitol as part of another push to legalize professional mixed martial arts.

ALBANY — In what was delivered like an early, fiery campaign speech, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo told labor leaders Monday how he, like his father before him, owes his place in the governor's office to organized labor.

ALBANY — New Yorkers who like voting in primaries are in luck.

ALBANY — A bill that would bar the advertising of illegal short - term rentals on platforms like Airbnb is gaining steam in the last week of the legislative session.

ALBANY — Last August, a lunch between the top Senate Democratic fundraiser Michael Gianaris and Real Estate Board of New York president John Banks led to speculation that the traditional alliance between developers and Senate Republicans might be eroding in the wake of dust - ups over issues like 421 - a tax credits.

ALBANY — The speaker's office on the third floor of the Capitol is dark «like a cave,» said Carl Heastie, its inhabitant since last February.

ALBANY — It was a father - son moment like no other in New York's history — and it brought tears to Mario Cuomo's eyes.

ALBANY — Education issues like charter schools and a proposal for an education tax credit could split the State Senate's Democrats, with advocates on both sides of the issues waiting to see whether a proposed reunion of regular and Independent Democrats will come to fruition.

ALBANY — The day after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace last March 12, his stunned successor, David Paterson, said he felt like a «student who is getting ready for...

ALBANY — A good - government advocate said New York's ethics commission is «like a black box» for not revealing whether it is investigating a complaint about political parties» alleged lobbying.

ALBANY — Like many high school seniors, Peyton McConville doesn't have her life planned out just yet.

ALBANY - It looks like republicans will maintain control in the state senate when the new term begins next January.

ALBANY >> The contenders hoping to open casinos in upstate New York include hometown business owners and gambling giants like Caesars, Genting Group and Foxwoods.

ALBANY — Localities would be able to ban, but not regulate, car - hail services like Uber, according to draft legislation privately circulating among Capitol lawmakers and obtained by POLITICO New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Uber wants to expand throughout New York state into cities like Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse and Rochester where the ride - hailing service is now prohibited from operating.

ALBANY — Calling it a necessity like toilet paper, a state assemblywoman said Thursday she is set to introduce a bill requiring free tampons and sanitary napkins in every bathroom in New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. — If paid family leave worked in New York like it does in California, businesses wouldn't pay extra, according to testimony today before a state Senate panel.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman isn't impressed with the proposed ethics deal Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced yesterday, saying at an unrelated press conference Monday that the reported compromise, full details of which have not yet been made public, seems more like a tweak than a comprehensive reform.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo has signaled that he may push for mayoral control of schools in upstate cities in the upcoming legislative session, and upstate mayors are waiting anxiously to see what the follow - through looks like.

ALBANY — Bill de Blasio's first trips to Albany this year were like walking into a buzz saw: First, the New York City mayor was confronted by a proposed state budget that shifted millions of dollars of costs onto his books, and then he was grilled by Republicans who wanted to impose a cap on his ability to raise property taxes.

ALBANY — With surrogate rallies, a new television ad and an agressive rollout of endorsements from labor and women's groups, Governor Andrew Cuomo almost looks like he's participating in a competitive campaign.

ALBANY — Spineless Senate Republicans from around the state scrambled for cover yesterday — like rats caught in a floodlight — after they were asked to say whether Majority Leader Dean Skelos should disclose the names of his law clients that do business with the state.

ALBANY — Amid the ongoing national reckoning over sexual harassment, New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has been front and center in the debate, denouncing the unsavory actions of powerful men in all walks of life, from President Trump to fellow Democratic senators like Al Franken.

ALBANY — In the tense world of New York State politics, threaded with corruption charges and enigmatic alliances, the exchange rippled through the Legislature like a menacing current — and underscored the predicament Democrats find themselves in.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed he will lead a trade mission to Cuba later this year, saying he'd like to develop «agricultural exchange» with the Communist island as the federal government removes economic restrictions first imposed in the 1960s.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo on Monday night held a New York City fund - raiser for his 2018 reelection campaign, but he sounded like a man with higher aspirations.

ALBANY — Like a scene from «The Sopranos,» a political operative busted by the state Attorney General's Office held secret meetings at his elderly mother's house and had a campaign worker paid with grocery bags stuffed with cash, a former upstate prosecutor told The Post.