More from Progress Queens : In Queens, faith in Government institutions was revealed to be severely lacking after New York City Council ca...

From CBS : A new push has been launched to reform New York state law against gravity knives. State Assemblyman Dan Quart (D-Manhattan) ...

City Hall – Yesterday, the New York City Council passed a package of legislation aimed at reforming the New York City Board of Standards and...

From NY1 : In the final hours of the legislative session in June, lawmakers passed what they called "ethics reform." But some be...

From Gotham Gazette : In a landmark year for corruption in the state legislature, 2015 saw the arrest and conviction of two of the most po...

From the Daily News : Poverty-crying City Council members are quietly plotting for a massive pay raise that will bring their six-figure s...

From the Times Ledger : Three county Supreme Court justice seats and three Civil Court justice seats are up for grabs on Election Day next...

From the Daily News : Paragons of American corporate citizenship are perverting an immigration program that was designed to boost the coun...

From the NY Times : Dozens of black ministers, justice reform advocates and civil rights activists and four black members of Congress gath...

From Capital New York : Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out a five-point plan to combat corruption in the State Legislature during a speech Mon...

From the Queens Gazette : Describing himself as “outraged” that public funds totalling more than $2 million were used to pay an ex-state s...

From the NY Post : The NYPD is poised to issue a no-bid contract to a Martha’s Vineyard-based firm who’s boss is a pal of Bill Bratton who...

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From Crains : Good-government groups have long sought to change the once-a-decade redistricting process in Albany that has resulted in odd...

From the Daily News : City Hall and Albany both came down hard on the Queens Public Library this week after its embattled chief executive,...

The Astorino/Moss Plan to Clean Up Albany Term Limits - Limit statewide elected officials to two terms (8 years) and state legislators to f...

From the Daily News : The City Council speaker would be stripped of the power to determine how much each lawmaker gets in member-item fund...

From CBS New York : The state Assembly has entered into two contracts worth $205,000 for an outside counsel to handle sexual harassment po...

From Capital New York : A City Council coalition is pushing for a series of reforms to empower individual members at the expense of the Co...

From the NY Times : New York, like many other states, has a part-time Legislature; the 212 members get a base salary of $79,500, plus lead...