A new user’s key to Albany’s secrets

A new user’s key to Albany’s secrets

What does the New York State Legislature actually do? Very few New Yorkers can tell you. Unless you work in politics or journalism, Albany usually enters your life only in passing: a headline, a viral clip, a scandal. Yet the Legislature shapes huge parts of daily life: jail time, taxes, housing, and health care. It is one of the most powerful bodies, operating behind legal language and procedure that few outsiders can follow. That opacity comes…