ALBANY With New York medical practitioners issuing more painkiller prescriptions in one year than the state has residents, the Senate passed legislation Monday meant to curb the illegal trade and illicit use of hydrocodone and other addictive opioid drug

ALBANY -- Jamie Isaacs, a Long Island teen who spoke out against the cyberbullying she suffered for years, was honored as a role model on the floor of the state Senate Monday. Sen. Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) introduced resolutions commending Isaacs and Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With New York medical practitioners issuing more painkiller prescriptions in one year than the state has residents, the Senate passed legislation Monday meant to curb the illegal trade and illicit use of hydrocodone and other addictiv

ALBANY--Paige Pless is accustomed to being singles out. But Monday, on the Senate floor, it was for her work to combat bullying. Not as a victim of bullying. "There was a point I completely shut down, I was so sick of it," the 15 year old from Westerlo e

With the abuse of illegally-obtained prescription narcotics growing rapidly, the New York State Senate today passed several bills to curb the black market in prescription painkillers. Senate approval of the bills, sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon (R, C,

(Long Island, NY) Senator Kemp Hannon (R, C, I, - Garden City), Chairman of the Senate Health Committee and Senator Jeff Klein, Chair of the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, will conduct a roundtable discussion on the prescription drug