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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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From Colorado to Connecticut, a handful of very different states have advanced new gun control laws over opposition that has made such legislation a struggle nationally and a non-starter in most legislatures. All three helped drive new gun control measures in New York, Colorado and in Connecticut, where Gov.
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Andrew Cuomo has postponed his trip to western New York to sign the state budget that was passed by the Legislature last week. The governor was scheduled to hold ceremonial signings of the spending plan at noon Monday at the University of Buffalo's South Campus and at 2:15 p.m. at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- The working poor, middle-class families, millionaires, employers and unemployed veterans would all be touched by New York's $135 billion budget expected to be adopted as early as Thursday night. The Senate approved the budget at about 4 a.m. Wednesday in an all-night session.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- Good-government groups slammed New York's Legislature on Wednesday for what one senator called "vampire" voting _ dead-of-night votes to revive taxes that were supposed to die _ to build much of the new $135 billion budget. The Assembly returns to Albany on Thursday from a Passover break to begin final legislative approval of the budget.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- A hike in New York's minimum wage is a big win for Democrats, but a provision buried inside the tentative state budget shows taxpayers will be paying much of the bill. The credit would reimburse employers for part of the difference in wages from the current $7.25 minimum wage as it rises to $9 an hour by 2016..
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York is cutting funding for cancer screenings for the uninsured along with programs to curb teen smoking in a state budget that expands spending to help the Buffalo Bills and Hollywood.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- New York legislators will need much of this week to pass the $135 billion budget they negotiated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though the Senate began advancing legislation in a rare Sunday session. The Senate began advancing measures for public protection, transportation and economic development.
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The ISO named several transmission and generation solutions in its plan but said the "only market-based solution capable of fully meeting the 2021-2022 resource adequacy needs" was U.S. power company NRG Energy Inc's proposal to repower its Astoria plant in New York City.
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NEW YORK, March 21- New York state's leaders have agreed to a tentative $135 billion budget deal that raises the minimum wage, gives tax breaks to middle-class families and businesses, and extends a tax on high earners.
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*Assurant to pay $14 million in civil penalty; refund affected homeowners. March 21- New York state regulators said they have reached a settlement with Assurant Inc over "force-placed" insurance policies, with the insurer agreeing to pay $14 million in civil penalty, refund some home owners and modify certain business practices.
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NEW YORK, March 21- New York state's leaders have agreed a tentative $135 billion budget deal for fiscal year 2013-2014 that raises the minimum wage, gives tax breaks to middle-class families and businesses, and extends a tax on high earners.
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March 21- New York state regulators said they have reached a settlement with Assurant Inc over "force-placed" insurance policies, with the insurer agreeing to pay $14 million in civil penalty, refund some home owners and modify certain business practices.
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*Assurant to pay $14 million in civil penalty; refund affected homeowners. March 21- New York state regulators said they have reached a settlement with Assurant Inc over "force-placed" insurance policies, with the insurer agreeing to pay $14 million in civil penalty, refund some home owners and modify certain business practices.
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*Assurant to pay $14 million in civil penalty; refund affected homeowners. March 21- New York state regulators said they have reached a settlement with Assurant Inc over "force-placed" insurance policies, with the insurer agreeing to pay $14 million in civil penalty, refund some home owners and modify certain business practices.
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A tax on wealthy New Yorkers follows efforts in other states to improve shaky balance sheets with revenue from those with top incomes.
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NEW YORK, March 19- A New York- based company that is owned by the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees and an investment fund has been selected to run the observation deck atop New York's One World Trade Center, which will be the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere once completed.
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NEW YORK, March 19- New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has named 10 banks, including Capital One Financial Corp and SunTrust Banks Inc, that he says are sitting on $41 million in insurance money owed to victims of Superstorm Sandy, which hit the northeastern United States last year.
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March 19- Capital One Financial Corp, Astoria Financial Corp and eight other lenders are holding back payouts of nearly half the insurance funds they received related to superstorm Sandy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
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March 14- New York utility regulators on Thursday approved a proposal to seek 1,350 megawatts of generation or transmission later in March to keep the power grid reliable in case Entergy Corp's Indian Point nuclear power plant is closed.
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March 14- New York utility regulators on Thursday approved a proposal to seek 1,350 megawatts of generation or transmission later in March to keep the power grid reliable in case Entergy Corp's Indian Point nuclear power plant is closed.