The Court of Appeals kept in tact a 2022 law that strengthened voting rights of New Yorkers, tailored to prohibit vote dilution of historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities.

The federal filing closely follows the unanimous decision of New York's highest court, handed down on October 16, that upheld the law, which aligns most municipal elections to coincide with the timing ...

New York’s ethics laws – those covering the actions of public officials and lobbyists – gets an annual airing at a public hearing convened by the state’s ethics watchdog. Last week, the Commission on ...