The county’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a voting map in 2023 in which residents of color constituted a majority of eligible voters in just four of the county’s 19 districts. But the ...

The Erie County budget office noticed ... However, that was not conforming with New York State Civil Service law.” So the County Legislature was asked to approve the addition of seven former ...

The second lawsuit, filed last February by the Brooklyn-based advocacy group New York Communities for Change, alleged racially polarized voting occurred in Nassau and the redistricting plan "dilutes ...

Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County, New York, has been put on lockdown after an inmate uprising. Google Maps Administrators pulled guards from three captured dorms after the officers ...

Nassau legislators serve two-year terms and there are no term limits. Other countywide offices, including that of the county executive, district attorney, county comptroller and county clerk will also ...

George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, thanked the Chautauqua County Legislature for passing a resolution opposing wind turbines in Lake Erie. P-J photo by Gregory ... and the people, not just of New York ...

But the legislative inertia partly is what has made him turn his attention to federal legislation, Berry said. New York Senator Patrick Gallivan, from Erie County, said he is still hopeful that ...

A landmark settlement in a suit brought by Democrats was signed on Thursday, Jan. 23, providing Nassau County with a new legislative map for its ... and violated the New York Voting Rights Act ...

Taisha St. Jean Tard has officially announced her candidacy for Erie County Legislator District ... will leave the position to serve on the New York State Senate. She was elected earlier this ...

Voters of color in Nassau County, N.Y., are no strangers to having to organize to ensure their votes count. But in 2023, the county’s Legislature took vote dilution to new heights. In places like ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In an updated map from Erie County at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday they said "UPDATE: As of this time, ALL TRAVEL ADVISORIES across Erie County have been lifted" The Buffalo Skyway has ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The competition to earn the Erie County Democratic Committee ... Ryan has served as the representative for New York’s 61st State Senate seat since 2020 after serving ...