Legislature expected to act on anti-offshore drilling bills

LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled state Legislature are planning to act on bills that would prohibit New York from authorizing certain offshore oil and gas production.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, and the measure's Senate sponsor, Sen. Todd Kaminsky, plan to join other state lawmakers and local elected officials at a news conference on Sunday morning on the Long Beach boardwalk in Nassau County to discuss the pending legislative action.

Kaminsky, a Long Beach Democrat, is among several state lawmakers on Long Island who oppose oil and gas drilling off New York's shores.