The state's
ethics commission released the top spending lobbyists to try to influence state government during the 2015
legislative session, and found that education and real estate groups were the
biggest spenders.
The agenda for New York's six - month
legislative session promises
big debates over the cost of higher education, government
ethics and Uber's proposal to expand into upstate cities like Buffalo and Syracuse, as well as a bill that would «Raise the Age» — therein ending the state's practice of prosecuting 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults.