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Marijuana legalization supporters rally on Sunday outside of

Source: Marijuana legalization negotiations progressing

A Senate official said the chamber plans to approve a bill giving driver's licenses to immigrants in the United States illegally. Negotiations to legalize recreational marijuana are progressing, according to a source in the Cuomo administration.

Politics 1600: Lesson from Watergate
Donald Trump says he never was going to fire special counsel Robert Mueller after seeing what happened to Richard Nixon.
Politics See who's running in the June 25 primary
View candidate profiles and where they stand on the issues, and also find out where to vote ahead of the election.
New York Schumer: Require black boxes in helicopters
The senator said last week's fatal crash underscores the need for such a mandate.
Politics See who's running in the June 25 primary
View candidate profiles and where they stand on the issues, and also find out where to vote ahead of the election.
Politics Women veterans board up for vote in Suffolk
Suffolk County legislators are set to vote Tuesday on a bill to create a women veterans advisory board.
Spin Cycle Slaughter expected to be named to Suffolk IDA
The Suffolk County Legislature is set to vote on the appointment of a new county Industrial Development Agency Board member.
Spin Cycle GOP, Curran tussle over conference equipment
Nassau Republican legislators complain that the Democratic county executive's parks department has rebuffed their requests since January to set up the equipment.
Rick Brand Brand: Part-timer's firing creates stir in Huntington
The Huntington supervisor had fired a one-day-a-week executive assistant in an economy move.
Nassau Judge: Harendra Singh can use cellphone
A judge decided not to penalize the Mangano trial star witness for his admitted violation of bond conditions.
Obituaries Laura Mansi, civic organizer, dies at 75
Laura Mansi, a grassroots civic leader who led successful fights to shut down Long Island's only state prison and block the controversial Multi-Town waste-to-energy project at the former Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, has died.
Politics 1600: Trump's open borders for campaign conduct
Trump aides rolled out a trademark defense after a federal watchdog called Kellyanne Conway "a repeat offender" of the ban on partisan activities on the job by federal employees.