Poughkeepsie council members support early voting

A provision allowing early voting and automatic registration, when you obtain or renew a driver license, did not make it into the new state budget finalized last week.

State budget left a lot on the cutting room floor

Numerous key fiscal and policy items were stripped from the $168 billion state budget adopted last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature.

Lawmakers keep working on things left out of budget

Several high-profile proposals didn’t make the cut for New York state’s new budget, but supporters aren’t giving up.

New York lawmakers approve $168B budget in middle of the night

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top lawmakers struck a deal late Friday on a $168 billion state budget, thwarting a possible government shutdown after negotiations took a tense turn earlier in the day.

Takeaways from the final state budget

Call it the Good Friday agreement. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday evening announced a deal on a $168.3 billion state budget. Hours earlier, the spending plan had...

GUEST COLUMN: New York state must enact early voting reform

Earlier this year, the Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association formally endorsed early voting in New York state. The support for this voting reform was

GUEST VIEW: Get with the times, New York, embrace early voting

Earlier this year the Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association formally endorsed early voting in New York state. The support for this voting reform was

Lawmakers will be back at budget on Thursday

Completion of a 2018-19 state budget will have to wait until later Thursday, as rank and file lawmakers left the state Capitol, albeit with...

More students registering to vote locally

Across the country last weekend, hundreds of thousands ofstudents rallied in the streets and parks, calling for action in the wake of the ...

A closer look at how early voting would work in New York

One of the topics being debated at the State Capitol as part of budget negotiations is whether or not to allow for early voting in New York State.