June 2021

• Senate 'Clean Slate' sponsor reflects on end-of-session drama
• UPDATED: Cuomo signs opioid settlement fund lockbox bill with undisclosed caveats
• Lawmakers hope second time's the charm for prosecutorial oversight panel
• Potential hiccup for 'Clean Slate' bill?
• NY Health Act undermined by members of Democratic majorities

May 2021

• Could Todd Kaminsky trade in Albany for a job closer to home?
• Gig economy rules and tipped wage increases likely on hold until 2022
• New York could ban cyber ransom payments
• Democrats hope to make ticketing industry more consumer friendly
• No lotto ticket? No problem

April 2021

• Democratic lawmakers regroup for 2022 home care worker pay hike push
• Cuomo continues to sideline the comptroller's office
• Harckham: Excluded workers fund is 'very necessary'
• Proposed excluded workers fund creates schism among Assembly Dems
• Senate Dems hope to bridge divide on mobile sports gambling
• New York unveils long anticipated Pro/Am MMA rules

March 2021

• Proposed $1 DMV convenience fee not dead yet
• Marijuana legalization may not save hemp joints in New York
• A majority of Democrats don't want Cuomo to resign
• Lawmaker proposes ban on books like Cuomo's pandemic memoir
• Lawmaker postpones fundraiser scheduled a week before budget due
• Cuomo ally involved in distribution of clergy statement backing governor
• Freshman Assemblyman wants more primaries for Democratic incumbents
• New York poised to receive windfall in federal child care funding
• NY Democratic Chair Jay Jacobs defends 'tough talk' at Capitol
• Senate Dems vary in responses to Cuomo's alleged misconduct
• Cuomo and Legislature agree to rosier revenue projections
• Assembly Health Chair supports string on Cuomo's pandemic powers

February 2021

• Senate Ethics Chair exploring her oversight powers of the governor
• Hochul silent on misconduct allegations against Cuomo
• Assembly Dems plan votes next week on nursing home reforms
• Assembly Dems weigh checks on Cuomo's pandemic powers
• No Senate vote this week on Cuomo's pandemic powers
• Assembly Dems discuss Cuomo's pandemic powers
• State updates controversial report on COVID-19 transmission in nursing homes
• Meeting with Cuomo administration raises new COVID-19 questions for lawmakers and promises of answers
• Overdue state child care report coming 'very very soon'
• Hemp farmers prepare for lawsuit against Cuomo administration
• Lawmakers eye another rent relief program before budget deadline
• Foundation aid formula unlikely to change in this budget

January 2021

• Cuomo administration mum on overdue child care report
• Long awaited gambling report quietly released
• Senate Dems tee up bills regulating third-party delivery services
• Medical Aid in Dying Act faces uphill road to passage in 2021
• Report on state gambling landscape long overdue
• Hinchey gets agriculture in Senate committee shakeup
• 2020 Movie Diary

December 2020

• Farm Bureau president frustrated by process setting future OT threshold
• 2020 Television Diary
• Lawmakers eye second rent relief measure with federal aid

November 2020

• No formal opinion yet from NYSUT on vaccine mandate for teachers
• Senate Dems have no definitive plans for lameduck session
• The state senate's evolving landscape
• Gianaris hopeful all absentee votes counted in contested senate races

October 2020

• Long-awaited hemp regulations produced by Cuomo administration
• Onondaga County expanding early voting hours
• Andrew Yang for NYC mayor? 'TBD'
• New York could crack down on illegal parking in spots for electric vehicles
• Senate GOP propose review of alleged social media censorship

September 2020

• Independence Party 'not taking sides' in battle for state Senate

August 2020

• David Paterson predicts more taxes are coming to New York
• CBD drinks enter New York illegally, while most producers await state regs
• Dissension on SUNY board over chancellor selection process
• Judge weighs in on New York's plastic bag regulations
• Heastie's leadership challenge in the Assembly

July 2020

• State funding for census outreach begins to flow
• DiNapoli ready to resume oversight role stripped by Cuomo
• Decline in stock market will drive up state pension costs
• Budget hole could swallow up state's census spending
• State loses millions of dollars in revenue due to less driving
• COVID-19 drives down new voter registrations
• Stewart's balks at active enforcement of state's mask requirement
• North Country mass gathering generates complaints
• Want in the Capitol? You still have to be on the list

June 2020

• Creation of online voter registration system stalled by COVID-19
• Delays and Silence from Cuomo in response to New York’s child care crisis
• Schools still waiting for Cuomo to act on teacher evaluations
• Plan in the works for return of non-essential state employees
• Plastic bag restrictions effectively on hold until July

May 2020

• Face coverings required at retailers as part of Phase 2
• 'Bottle Bill' compliance required again by June 3
• Legal protections for nursing homes are preserved (for now)
• Legislative amendments might offer hint of Senate's COVID-19 agenda
• State study on health care staffing is missing
• Top Chef's Tom Colicchio sees ways New York can help restaurants
• State official recommends weekly COVID-19 testing of essential workers
• Senator’s effort to hold COVID-19 hearing stifled
• Potential delays with state police's body camera pilot program
• Upstate Assembly Dems schedule meeting with Speaker Heastie
• COVID-19 causes latest delay in state's census outreach
• New York's unemployment fund is 'good,' pledges state commissioner

April 2020

• Digital advertising tax proposed to fund student loan relief
• Senate leader: 'Everything is on the table' to address budget gap
• Lawmaker questions state Senate and Cuomo's commitment to marijuana legalization in 2020
• Suspension of teacher evaluations remains in limbo

March 2020

• Proposed actions to address state cash crunch