Gov. Hochul uses the state budget as a strategy to push policy issues, leveraging her power in Albany's budget negotiations.

Let’s make a whatever-you-call-it. Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged Wednesday that lawmakers had reached a breakthrough in negotiations to revamp the state’s discovery laws — even ...

Albany lawmakers are close to finalizing a deal on discovery rules in criminal trials, which has been holding up agreement on ...

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is going to war with Gov. Kathy Hochul, pushing a bombshell bill Wednesday to curtail her ...

State lawmakers are expected to return to the Capitol on Thursday to pass their sixth “extender” bill since April 1 to keep ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said lawmakers struck a tentative deal with district attorneys, potentially clearing a budget ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has been holding press conferences every day this week on her proposed changes to the state’s discovery ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature enacted legislation Thursday to fund state operations with $9.6 billion through ...

New York’s budget is being held up by squabbles among lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul over discovery rules for prosecutors ...

Changes to the state’s involuntary commitment laws, a potential mask ban and a tax hike to fund the MTA are all on the table.

A tentative compromise on New York’s discovery laws has been struck between Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and the state’s ...