Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for a one-year extension on her New York reparations commission, adding $5 million to the ...

The $252 billion proposal represents the largest spending plan of Hochul’s tenure and includes a pledge to modestly decrease ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...

Kathy Hochul, State Operations Director Kathryn Garcia, & then-Counsel to the Governor Liz Fine (photo: Mike Groll/Governor’s ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was a protege of Auguste Rodin and shaped the Harlem Renaissance. The African American Museum in ...

The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional ...

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted ...

As one of the first acts of the new legislative session, Senate Democrats have introduced a package of proposals aimed at solidifying our state’s commitment to the right to vote. It’s a welcome ...

Once again, the state Senate has kicked off its session by passing a slate of helpful election policy reforms and we bet that ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who worked to preserve Long Island Sound, has been tapped to lead the Health and Human Services ...