The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and currently has 62 members. Besides passing upon legislative proposals and constitutional amendments, the Senate confirms or rejects nominations made by the Governor.
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- NYSenate.gov website launch
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Thursday, May 7 at 11:15am
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Senator Serrano helps unveil new Open Legislation (http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation) website at a Harlem high school today. The new site allows allows individuals to easily search, navigate, share and comment on all Senate legislation.
Utilizing a simple interface, individuals can now find legislative
information as... easily as performing a Google search. Previously, a bill
number was required for a legislative search, effectively limiting such
information to Albany insiders. Now, everyday New Yorkers can quickly
perform a detailed legislative search in a number of different ways; by
keyword, topic, Senator, committee, recent actions and recent votes.
For
the first time, New York Senate legislative information will also be
included in the index of major search engines and appear in relevant
searches on sites like Yahoo, Google, or Bing. Instant Messenger (IM),
Twitter, SMS and mobile (cell phone) web browsers will also be able to
access the Open Legislation data at http://m.nysenate.gov, making key Senate information accessible to anyone with access to a computer, phone, or mobile device.
Full details at link.Read More
Utilizing a simple interface, individuals can now find legislative
information as... easily as performing a Google search. Previously, a bill
number was required for a legislative search, effectively limiting such
information to Albany insiders. Now, everyday New Yorkers can quickly
perform a detailed legislative search in a number of different ways; by
keyword, topic, Senator, committee, recent actions and recent votes.
For
the first time, New York Senate legislative information will also be
included in the index of major search engines and appear in relevant
searches on sites like Yahoo, Google, or Bing. Instant Messenger (IM),
Twitter, SMS and mobile (cell phone) web browsers will also be able to
access the Open Legislation data at http://m.nysenate.gov, making key Senate information accessible to anyone with access to a computer, phone, or mobile device.
Full details at link.Read More
Source: www.nysenate.gov
Today, Senator Jose M. Serrano launched the Senate’s new Open Legislation website through an interactive presentation to students at the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics. The students ...
New York State Senate Senate releases groundbreaking new report on New York's Family Court System.
Kids & Families Still Can't Wait: Senate Issues Groundbreaking Report on NY Family Court System | Ne
Source: www.nysenate.gov
New York’s Family Court system is reaching a state of crisis, the State Senate Judiciary Committee finds in Kids & Families Still Can’t Wait: The Urgent Case for New Family Court Judgeships.With ...
New York State Senate
"Powering New York's Future" is an initiative by the Legislature to develop a long term approach to using low cost power to create and sustain jobs. In the coming weeks, the Legislature is conducting a series of hearings and roundtables focusing upon the use of low cost power for economic development purposes.
The leg...islators will listen to business leaders, including from companies in the programs and others not receiving benefits at this time, trade groups, advocates and the general public to better understand the value of these programs and consider new ideas to improve and reform these programs to retain existing jobs, attract new investment from new employers, and build new careers in New York. Input received in the hearings will be used along with legislative analysis of NYPA’s performance, to craft a new long term low-cost power economic development program.
You can learn much more about this initiative here: http://www.nysenate.gov/PoweringNY.Read More
The leg...islators will listen to business leaders, including from companies in the programs and others not receiving benefits at this time, trade groups, advocates and the general public to better understand the value of these programs and consider new ideas to improve and reform these programs to retain existing jobs, attract new investment from new employers, and build new careers in New York. Input received in the hearings will be used along with legislative analysis of NYPA’s performance, to craft a new long term low-cost power economic development program.
You can learn much more about this initiative here: http://www.nysenate.gov/PoweringNY.Read More
New York State Senate The Senate will return to session on Thursday, August 6th at 10 A.M. At that time we will take up legislation, including school governance for the City of New York and chapter amendments to the bill.
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Find information on the rules reforms enacted by the Senate last week with bipartisan support on the NYSenate.gov blog: http://www.nysenate.gov/blogs/2009/jul/1
Source: www.nysenate.gov
The New York State Senate passed an historic resolution that calls for a sweeping slate of new and significant reforms that changes the way the Senate functions. Those reforms to the Rules of the Senate include term limits on leadership positions, equal staffing allocation for all 62 Senators and in...
New York State Senate Find materials from Paterson v Adams, et. al on NYsenate.gov.
Source: www.nysenate.gov
On Friday, June 26, Governor Paterson sued all 62 Senators, asking Justice Joseph Teresi to issue a writ of mandamus ordering the Senate to convene with a quorum for extraordinary session.
New York State Senate You can find the papers for the latest court case, Winner & Flanagan v Aponte, on NYSenate.gov.
Source: www.nysenate.gov
On June 24, 2009, Senators George Winner and John Flanagan filed a lawsuit against Angelo Aponte regarding his administrative duties as Secretary of the Senate. Plaintiffs' request for temporary relief was denied and the matter was placed on the court calendar for consideration on Friday, June 26.
New York State Senate Watch the special session called by Governor Paterson live NOW on NYSenate.gov.
Source: www.nysenate.gov
New York State Senate Many other state legislatures have used bipartisan operating agreements. Examples of how this has worked elsewhere are now available on NYSenate.gov.
Bipartisan Operating Agreements for Tied Legislatures in Other States and in the U.S. Senate | New Y
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Over the past 40 years there have been dozens of examples of legislatures, including the United States Senate, that have developed bipartisan operating agreements to allow the passage of essential legislation and assure stable functioning of floor operations during the deadlock. The following repor...
New York State Senate Senator Squadron delivered remarks about proposed Ethics Reform legislation at a press conference in Albany today.
New Yorkers are about to be given unprecedented power to change their local governments. Today, the State Senate joined the Assembly to tackle a problem last addressed by Governor Franklin D...
Among one of the first few posts on the Official Senate Blog was one about the reform efforts undertaken by Senator Addabbo and the Elections Committee...
The State Senate is committed to restoring the public’s faith in electoral politics and the workings of government in New York. A key component of these reform efforts is a sound ethics oversight system for our state government. ...
New York State Senate Many Senate Committees are undertaking public hearings this week (Ethics, Elections, Judiciary). Check out details on the NYSenate Calendar.
Source: www.nysenate.gov
