Michael Gormley
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Albany, NY, United States
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New York State proposes hikes in Thruway tolls
The proposal seeks to further encourage drivers to use E-ZPass to avoid mailing bills. Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, the added fee for mailed tolls would increase to 75% of the toll, from the current 30%. → Read More
Guide: Voting at the polls on Election Day 2022
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday across Long Island. → Read More
Legislature OKs new Senate, Assembly districts for next 10 years
ALBANY — The Democratic majorities of the Senate and Assembly on Thursday approved new election districts for the State Legislature in party-line votes that Republicans argued were an unconstitutional → Read More
Sheldon Silver, former Assembly speaker, dies at 77
ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was one of the three most powerful leaders in state government for more than 20 years until he was convicted in one of New York’s biggest corruptio → Read More
DMV: 400,000 face delays in getting auto registration stickers
ALBANY — About 400,000 New Yorkers who paid to register their automobiles online this fall face a delay of as much as several weeks in receiving their permanent registration stickers in what state off → Read More
Rep. Suozzi announces gubernatorial run, joins crowded Dem field
ALBANY — Rep. Tom Suozzi of Glen Cove said Monday that he is running for governor as a "common-sense Democrat" focused on cutting some of the nation’s highest taxes, ending the exodus of New Yorkers t → Read More
Pressure mounting for Gov. Cuomo to resign as Jacobs, allies abandon him
Pressure was mounting Wednesday for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to resign, with state Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs abandoning him along with other major allies, three more district attorneys announcing cri → Read More
Marist poll: 59% of NYers say Cuomo should resign
ALBANY — An overnight poll released Wednesday found that 59% of New Yorkers — including 52% of Democrats — say Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo should resign after an attorney general’s report concluded he sexual → Read More
Timeline of the harassment claims against Cuomo
Key dates in the sexual harassment claims against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo: Dec. 13, 2020: Lindsey Boylan, a former economic development adviser to Cuomo, said on Twitter that Cuomo "sexually harassed me → Read More
NY Legislature passes bill ending lawsuit immunity for gun makers, sellers
ALBANY — The State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that supporters say will be the first law in the nation to allow firearms manufacturers and sellers to be sued for the use of their guns in crim → Read More
State confirms some nursing home death data was withheld from report
ALBANY — The Cuomo administration confirmed on Friday published reports that it withheld data on deaths of nursing home residents in hospitals last summer in its report to the public and State Legisla → Read More
How a plan to grant clemency to Silver was scuttled
ALBANY – When President Donald Trump was reported to be considering clemency for former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this month, it touched off a political clash played out behind the scenes → Read More
NY to enforce plastic bag ban starting Oct. 19
ALBANY — The state announced Friday it will begin enforcing the law that bans single-use plastic bags on Oct. 19. The law has been in place since March, but enforcement by the state Department of Envi → Read More
NY gets 221,000 online applications for absentee ballots
ALBANY — New York’s new online system for obtaining absentee ballots received more than 220,000 requests in its first week — about half of all absentee ballots sought during the entire 2016 presidenti → Read More
DiNapoli: State pension fund value drops $16B because of virus
ALBANY — The COVID-19 virus and the economic shutdown it forced reduced the state pension fund for public workers by $16.2 billion to $194.2 billion and will likely force greater employer contribution → Read More
Feds admit misrepresenting travel case against NY
ALBANY — The Trump administration lifted its ban on New Yorkers to participate in trusted traveler programs because federal officials had made assertions in the legal fight that “are inaccurate in som → Read More
Biden tops primary voting; other results will be delayed
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday was on his way to adding New York delegates to his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, but final results in several other congressional and → Read More
Watchdog complains NY shorted group homes for disabled in virus' peak
ALBANY — Group homes that care for 40,000 disabled adults and youths statewide were ordered along with hospitals to use masks and gowns during the COVID-19 virus, but the homes weren’t a priority to g → Read More
Early voting begins Saturday for primary election
ALBANY — New York's measures to try to avoid long lines at polling places for the primary election on June 23 include expanded mail-in voting to try to stem the spread of COVID-19 and early voting to → Read More
Cuomo orders probe of nursing homes during virus
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday ordered an investigation into the rising infection and death rates in nursing homes from COVID-19. Among New York’s 15,740 deaths from the disease caused by t → Read More