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Senate Helps Small Businesses Build Back From COVID-19

January 19, 2021

Senate Majority To Build On Election Reforms And Further Empower New York Voters

January 11, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Announces Committee Chairs For 2021-22 Session

January 6, 2021

Senate Will Pass Strongest Eviction Moratorium In Nation

December 27, 2020

COVID Rent Relief Program

December 18, 2020

Senate Announces Second Joint Public Hearing To Investigate Housing Discrimination On Long Island

September 14, 2020

An aerial view of Oceanside, Long Island.

Women of Distinction

August 26, 2020

Senate and Assembly Majorities Advance Legislation Limiting Immunity for Health Care Services

July 23, 2020

Senate Advances Legislation To Continue Helping New Yorkers and Businesses Recover From COVID-19

July 23, 2020

A customer and clerk wear masks at Sunhee's Farm and Kitchen in Troy, New York.

Senate Creates Public Holiday For Juneteenth

July 23, 2020

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