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New York State Legislative History Research

This guide is intended to help researchers locate print and online sources for New York State Legislative History Research.

Commentary on Legislation

For commentary on proposed or enacted New York legislation, see the following publications: 

  • The Legislative Gazette (published as an educational project by Digital Media and Journalism Department, State University of New York, College at New Paltz)
  • NYTimes.com (published by The New York Times Company)
    • Includes page: New York

    • BLS students, faculty, and staff now have full access to NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps. To register, click here, enter Brooklyn Law School in the search box. and follow the instructions to create an account.  For your initial registration, you must be on campus AND you must use your brooklaw.edu email account to register.  Once you have registered, you can use your login name and password to access the site from anywhere. 

  • Syracuse Law Review, "Survey of New York Law" (published annually by Syracuse University College of Law) - Search articles for term: Survey.

  • Times Union (Albany) (published by George R. Hearst III) - Link: Capitol provides New York state government news.