Schneiderman introduces voting rights bill
NEW YORK – Backed by the state’s leading good government groups and elected officials, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today introduced the New York Votes Act, a comprehensive reform package…
Schneiderman pushes U.S. Senate on methane gas safeguards
NEW YORK— Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, along with the attorneys general of seven other states; the California Environmental Protection Agency; and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, sent a…
State Sen. passes ride-sharing bill
ALBANY — The New York State Senate passed a comprehensive ride-sharing bill this afternoon, paving the way for services such as Uber and Lyft, to operate in Western New York.…
Scheiderman among AGs filing brief supporting anti-Trump lawsuit
Today, 16 attorneys general announced the filing of an amicus brief in support of Washington and Minnesota in the federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s executive order on immigration. In…
Buffalo State professor: Populism is a powerful movement but hard to define
John Abromeit, associate professor of history and social studies education, is an intellectual historian; he studies the history of ideas. One such idea is populism, a widely used term that…
Higgins announces satellite office locations for February
Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced the Congress on Your Corner schedule for the month of February. Through the program, staff from Congressman Higgins’ office are available at satellite sites throughout…
Local Congressional delegation celebrates arrival of KC-135 tankers at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION — Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representatives Brian Higgins and Chris Collins applauded the arrival of KC-135s at the…
Collins opposes Trump administration’s ‘biometric exit-entry system’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (NY-27) has sent correspondence to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly opposing the administration’s announced plan to implementat a biometric exit-entry system…
Schneiderman files suit against Trump immigration order
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a motion to join a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order. As the complaint states, Attorney General…
Local members of Congress meet with Flight 3407 families
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressmembers Brian Higgins (NY-26), Chris Collins (NY-27), Louise Slaughter (NY-25) and Tom Reed (NY-23) joined Flight 3407 families in a roundtable discussion with top House of Representatives…