During the first week of legislative session, advocates call on lawmakers to pass a series of parole justice bills related to parole board eligibility, workers rights, and sentencing reforms.
This week advocates traveled to Albany and rally on the Capitol steps urging the Governor to declare an addiction public health emergency to combat the opioid epidemic.
In a public hearing Tuesday, New York state lawmakers look at a variety of issues facing the healthcare workforce including recruitment and staffing shortages.
Two new laws in New York seek to protect horses by increasing fines for selling disabled horses and prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human or animal consumption.