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Sweeping Gun Bills Pass State Legislature
New York lawmakers approved six new gun bills including efforts to ban bump stocks, extend the waiting period for gun buyers who fail...
Early Voting Now NYS Law, Counties Grappling With How to pay for it
Thursday, a week after the Legislature passed historic voting reform, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation into law making New York the...
Attorney General Letitia James Gets a Win in Census Case
NEW YORK – A lawsuit, filed in April by the New York State Attorney General’s Office to block the Trump Administration from requiring...
White Churches Have a Moral Responsibility to Stand Up
News Analysis by Jesse Jackson – In 2019, we will commemorate 400 years since the first 20 slaves were transported by ship from...
Senate and House Lawmakers Release Updated First Step Act
By Staff – A group of bipartisan, bicameral lawmakers released a revised copy of the First Step Act yesterday and Senate Majority...
Albany Area Subway Restaurant Agrees to $80,000 Settlement in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
NEW YORK – Draper Development LLC, the owner of more than a dozen Subway franchises in the Albany and Schenectady areas have agreed to...
More Than 60 National Civil Rights Organizations and Stakeholders Call on Congress to Diversify Top Staff
(Trice Edney Wire) – The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, along with more than 60 national civil and human rights...
Rochester Attorney T. Andrew Brown Selected for Incoming AG’s Transition Committee
By Staff – Incoming state Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James Thursday, named T. Andrew Brown of Brown Hutchinson LLP...
2018: Another “Year of the Woman”
In the 2018 elections, women played a bigger role than they have in any other election in American history. Two hundred and fifty-five...
The Unfulfilled Power of the Black Vote
By Dr. Ron Daniels – News Analysis (TriceEdneyWire.com) – For decades I have been hammering home the point that in a low voter...
