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New York State's Assembly on Tuesday easily passed the nation's toughest gun control law, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban and provisions to try to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill who make threats.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- The Oneida Indians on Thursday signed a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration and local governments that would guarantee them exclusive territory for their central New York casino in exchange for revenue payments to the state of around $50 million annually.
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Andrew Cuomo proposed at least $80 million in state aid Tuesday to help New York cities and counties escape a decades-long cycle of higher taxes and reduced services in the face of rising public payroll costs and dwindling populations.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York Gov. The issue has long been a favorite of New York City Democrats and allied labor unions and activists, some of whom demonstrated in Albany on Monday.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York Gov. Long Island legislative representatives, the county executives of Nassau and Suffolk counties, and business leaders gave stronger support for Cuomo's proposal.
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NEW YORK, May 13- Long Island Power Authority, a state-owned New York utility company that was criticized for its response during last year's Superstorm Sandy, will see most of its operations taken over by a private company, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to freeze Long Islanders' energy rates for three years as part of a proposal to end operating control of the Long Island Power Authority. Daily operations would be taken over by Public Service Electric& Gas Co., which has operated in New Jersey for 100 years.
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Now, another big case- against Bank of America over its acquisition of Merrill Lynch- looks headed the same way. The 2010 case, one of the highest profile lawsuits brought by Andrew Cuomo when he was New York attorney general, accuses Bank of America and former top executives Ken Lewis and Joseph Price of misleading shareholders about Merrill Lynch's losses.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants any future new casinos to provide revenue to several counties surrounding each one, not just the county that's host to the facility. New York traditionally provides a cut of profits only to the county where a casino is located to offset the cost of additional police and fire protection and other services.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- Gassing up twice a week in New Jersey? A review of campaign finance reports by The Associated Press shows that's all part of the questionable use of campaign donations that can buoy lawmakers' lifestyles and buy support back home.
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The Department of Financial Services, at the direction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has subpoenaed 10 companies involved in the business, the governor said on Tuesday. Cuomo announced the subpoenas after the New York Times published a front-page story on April 28 describing the pension advance business.
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NEW YORK-- A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.
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By Hilary Russ and Edward Krudy. NEW YORK, May 5- Joseph Szczesny's modest Staten Island home was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Szczesny and nearly all of his neighbors have volunteered to sell their homes to New York State under a $400 million program spearheaded by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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JAY, N.Y., May 5- Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there.
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NEW YORK, May 5- Joseph Szczesny's modest Staten Island home was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Szczesny and nearly all of his neighbors have volunteered to sell their homes to New York State under a $400 million program spearheaded by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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JAY, N.Y., May 5- Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there.
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NEW YORK, May 3- When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave up a claim for damages against former AIG chief Hank Greenberg, he also likely neutralized a long-awaited challenge to his office's power. New York's highest court is scheduled to hear arguments later this month in the case, in which Greenberg is accused of defrauding AIG investors.
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In a decision that could set precedent in the state and create a major setback to oil and gas drilling firms, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, upheld zoning laws that allowed the towns of Dryden and Middlefield to ban oil and gas exploration and production.
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NEW YORK, May 1- Commodity trading merchant Castleton Commodities International LLC said on Wednesday it had completed the purchase of a 1,210 megawatt natural gas and fuel oil-fired electric power plant from Dynegy.
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The task force submitted the so-called New York Energy Highway Blueprint to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in October 2012. The Public Service Commission and the state-owned New York Power Authority have also started work on contingency plans in case the giant Indian Point nuclear power plant shuts in 2015..
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NEW YORK, April 30- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, considered a possible Democratic contender for the U.S. presidency in 2016, has signed a deal to write a biography that publisher HarperCollins said on Tuesday would be a "full and frank" look at his private and public life.