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State officials are marking National Donate Life Month with a stark statistic: Nearly 9,500 New Yorkers are currently on waiting lists for donated organs that could save their lives.

In New York state government news, the Democrat-controlled Assembly has passed a package of legislation to provide services and support to crime victims, while environmentalists want to amend the state constitution to guarantee a right to clean air and water.

Democrats in the New York Legislature are again pushing legislation that would require statewide elected officials in New York — including the president of the United States — to disclose their state income tax returns.

Immigration attorneys will be offering legal services in all regions of New York through a program run by the Cuomo administration.

A state lawmaker wants to expand New York's plastic bag ban to include the sacks used for restaurant take-out and leftovers.

The Democrat-controlled New York state Legislature has approved a change in a property tax credit benefit program.

Supporters of Judith Clark, a former radical activist who has served more than 36 years of a life sentence for her role in a deadly 1981 Brink's heist, have asked a state panel to grant parole, saying she meets every legal and social test of rehabilitation.

A statewide ban on plastic bags and groundbreaking tolls for motorists entering the busiest sections of Manhattan are coming to New York under a new state budget that takes several ambitious steps to address long-standing environmental and transportation challenges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York's legislative leaders have agreed to stop the routine public release of arrest mug shots but will continue to allow public access to other booking information.

A statewide ban on plastic bags and first-in-the-nation tolls for motorists entering the busiest sections of Manhattan are coming to New York under a new state budget that takes several ambitious steps to address long-standing environmental and transportation challenges.