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Sheldon Silver (Photo by Azi Paybarah) and Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
Veteran reporter Wayne Barrett takes a deeper look at the Silver political machine. |
 The 18-month long process is over, here’s how to get medical pot in New York State. |
Sandra Steingraber celebrates anti-fracking victory. Photo by Jburney
On New Years Eve, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued an important |
 State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has joined forces with more than 40 environmental groups, labor unions and community organizations from across the state. |
 The state released the upstate winners of $500 million over five years in economic development funds. |
 Recent agreement to fund NYC’s transit authority begs the question of when aging upstate infrastructure will be shown the love. |
Bombus Americanus, the vanishing American Bumblebee. Photo by Jay Burney/GreenWatch
New York state’s response to the decline of honeybees and native pollinators may being doing more harm than good. |
 New York ranks close to dead last in voter turnout in a nation with already low voter turnout numbers. |