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Senator James Seward continues to recover from COVID-19. He was released from the hospital to continue that recovery from home. He and his wife Cindy were diagnosed in late March.

As legislators are working on hammering out a budget in Albany, they're also facing another battle. Another legislator and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Joe Griffo is calling for stronger protections for people in the Jewish Faith.

The New York Senate has approved new safety regulations for limousines following an upstate crash that killed 20 people last fall.

The state Senate's Republican minority has introduced a package of legislation that it says would counter changes made to New York's criminal justice system by majority Democrats.

Two local state lawmakers are being named to key leadership positions in the state Senate.

A woman is poised to lead the New York state Senate for the first time in history.

Senator Joe Griffo announced Wednesday that legislation he sponsored criminalizing 'revenge porn' has once again passed the Senate.

The New York State’s Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction begins public meetings on heroin & Opioid Addiction.

Lawmakers in New York are planning a second hearing focusing on identity theft and personal data security following the massive breach at Equifax.