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Albany, N.Y. - Following the enactment of a controversial law in North Carolina, Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned all non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The law in question bans individuals from using restrooms that do not match the gender indicated on their birth certificates...

OKAY! This is what I did today as this is the first work day of 2016. I googled U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Google News and created a News Alert. This way, Google will notify me of any breaking news that contains the words U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. The holidays are now officially over...

United States Attorney Preet Bharara feels emboldened, sources say, following the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver - on all of seven corruption charges. Despite lacking a "smoking gun" to constitute an explicit quid pro quo, the jury handed Bharara a sweeping win. Such is the...

ALBANY - We're No. 1 - in corruption. No other state has more legislators forced out of office by ethical or criminal issues than New York, according to a study released on Monday. In fact, the state set a national record for the number of lawmakers kicked out, or chased out of office since...

Governor Cuomo will be in Rochester today, July 9th, for a special event for local lawmakers, dubbed "Capital for a Day." This "day-long" event is a chance for local lawmakers to meet with the governor and other senior state officials  to "advance local priorities for growth and improvements in...

The Sullivan Act and the FE Act are Failures Just like COBIS was. Last week John Stark noted that the Sullivan Act was a failure: Boy did he hit the nail on the head. The Sullivan Laws have been around 70 years. They were created by a Gangster turned politician (who died of syphilis) to...

As with the current NY SAFE Act, having more than 7 rounds of ammo in your magazine is defined as criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a Class D Violent Felony. A felony is defined as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. We consider these crimes...