Green Light Law

(Airs 10/04/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Republican state legislators call for the repeal of the state’s Green Light Law, the state's teachers call for a return to politics where democracy, compromise and healthy debate are valued once again, and giant pumpkins arrived in Saratoga Springs for the annual, national pumpkin contest.

Republican members of the New York state legislature are calling for the repeal of the state’s Green Light Law.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday offered an amendment to repeal New York’s Green Light Law, which permits undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s…

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A federal court on Friday upheld New York’s law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses — the so-called "Green Light Law" —…

Days before the law is scheduled to take effect, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the right of undocumented immigrants to obtain a…