Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013 Location: CLUB 101, 101 Park Avenue, Manhattan. PURCHASE TICKETS REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST: 8:00 – 8:30 am. City & State will host a series of panel discussions featuring top health experts, business leaders and public officials, to discuss important pharmaceutical, healthcare and hospital construction items relevant to New York City and New York State. PANEL 1: The Public’s Health, At What Cost?  8:30 – 9:45 am.  Sponsored By: BRIEF: Express Scripts, along with City & State, are holding a panel… [More]

By Gerald Benjamin   The brief dustup in the Judiciary Committee regarding the nomination of Jenny Rivera for the Court of Appeals is just the latest piece of evidence that Republicans, with their Independent Democrat coalition partners, are presiding in the Senate but not governing through it. The Committee is comprised of 12 Republicans, 9 Democrats and 2 Independent Democrats; unlike the Senate as a whole, it has a Republican majority. The committee chair, John Bonacic, and some GOP members… [More]

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New York is stepping up its efforts to crack down on fraud and abuse of painkillers, but that’s not the state’s only prescription drug problem.… [More]

If ever there were a region with a political split personality, it would be Long Island.… [More]

New York elected officials weigh in on tort reform.… [More]

With apparent victories by George Latimer, Ted O’Brien and Terry Gipson, the Democratic Party is poised to re-take control of the state Senate, state Sen. Michael Gianaris told City & State shortly after midnight. “It’s historic,” said Gianaris, who spearheaded the Democratic Party’s election efforts. “To see that many seats flip from one party to the other is extremely rare in New York. Usually if a net of two seats go one way or the other, it’s a big deal.… [More]

As voters cast their ballots across the state today, they’ll decide the winners of a number of tossup congressional races and the fate of a handful or so of state Senate seats that will determine control of Albany’s upper house. Here’s a snapshot of some of the most closely watched races around New York — with a one-sided U.S. Senate race and a crowded New York City Council special election to boot.   Key Congressional Races 1st Congressional District Rep. Tim… [More]

Elected officials have been slow to respond to the prescription drug abuse epidemic, but New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has made it a priority and sees the fight as a chance to undo the state’s legacy of regressive drug policies.… [More]

What New York lawmakers and interest groups see as the top priorities on health care… [More]