NYS Capitol watch: Busy legislative session comes to close

The 935 measures that passed both the Senate and the Assembly included ones creating new rental protections for more than a million tenants in and around New York City, the further decriminalization of marijuana, safeguards for abortion rights, and aggressive new targets for reducing pollution that causes global warming.  The vast majority, however, are more modest in their scope, impacting only a specific industry, community or corner of the law.

What's responsible for the brisk pace? One-party rule. In recent years, when each party held a chamber, the Senate and Assembly would often pass their own partisan bills, which members knew had no chance in the opposite chamber. But with Democrats now in charge of both the Senate and Assembly, a bill's chances of passing both chambers is much higher.

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