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June 11, 2021
June 11, 2021 – New York Daily News transit report Clayton Guse helps us make sense of the leadership changes at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Read More
June 11, 2021
June 11, 2021 – Legislation that made its way through the Capitol ensures that future settlement money from litigation with opioid manufacturers and distributors will pay for substance abuse prevention and treatment, according to Ashley Livingston, co-chair of Friends of Recovery Warren Washington Counties. Read More
June 11, 2021
June 11, 2021 – Dr. Denis Nash, executive director of the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, weighs in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to dramatically scale back pandemic restrictions once 70 percent of New York adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Read More
June 11, 2021
June 11, 2021 – Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, discusses the recently completed legislation session, including the end of session bills that did (and didn’t) get done. Read More
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021 – Dr. Kyle Kingsley, CEO and chairman of Vireo Health, a national medical marijuana company operating in New York, lays out their expansion plans in the state, following the legalization of adult-use marijuana. Read More
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021 – How old should you be to get married? Under legislation awaiting the governor’s signature, the minimum age could soon be 18. Fraidy Reiss, founder and executive director of Unchained at last, explains why the measure is necessary and talks about the need for action to curb forced marriages too. Read More
June 10, 2021
June 10, 2021 – Two new judges have been added to the state Court of Appeals, further cementing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fingerprint on the state’s top court. The New York Law Journal’s Ryan Tarinelli has all the dirt on the surprisingly controversial confirmation process and explains what the new judges could mean for the court. Read More
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021 – Nicole Salk, of Brooklyn Legal Services, discusses a new calculation for part-time unemployment benefits, assesses the state’s effort to pay out benefits and makes the case for extending the federal supplemental benefit. Read More
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021 – For 15 months, New York has been under an emergency disaster declaration due to the pandemic, but Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay – along with his GOP colleagues – says it’s safe to return to business as usual. Read More
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021 – Boats can be a carrier of invasive species if they’re not properly cleaned, but the Adirondack Council’s John Sheehan says legislation making its way through the Capitol this week could protect Adirondack bodies of water from this threat. Read More
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June 9, 2021
The odds of passing legislation designed to seal criminal records in the final week of the legislative session may have decreased dramatically. Read More
June 4, 2021
If you simply tally up the list of Assembly and Senate Democratic sponsors backing legislation implementing a state takeover of health insurance in New York, the measure has enough votes to pass both houses. But that sign of public support – literally attaching their names to the bill – doesn’t necessarily reflect what’s going on behind the scenes with the New York Health Act, according to Assembly Health Committee Chair Dick Gottfried. Read More
May 26, 2021
The nomination Tuesday of Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas to the state’s top court could start a game of musical chairs that changes the makeup of the state Senate. Read More
May 19, 2021
With 12 days left on the legislative calendar in Albany, time has likely run out for state lawmakers to act on a handful of big ticket workforce items. Read More
May 19, 2021
Businesses and governments in New York that are victims of cyber attacks in the future may have no choice but to play hardball with their digital perpetrators. Legislation introduced Tuesday by Senate Internet and Technology Committee Chair Diane Savino, a Staten Island Democrat, would prohibit government entities, businesses and health care organizations from paying cyber ransoms or having the ransoms paid on their behalf. Any cyber ransom attempts would need to be reported to the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and entities could face a $10,000 fine if they pay a ransom. “This bill is a first step in preventing these attacks in New York,” reads the bill memorandum. “Government, business and healthcare funding would be better-used securing sensitive data, encrypting and backing up data, conducting regular cyber-security audits, and training staff to avoid exposing networks.” A companion bill has not been introduced in the state […] Read More
May 10, 2021
When New York’s laws governing the ticketing industry expire this summer, Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee Chair James Skoufis hopes they’re replaced with a system that shifts power to ticket buyers. Read More
May 6, 2021
A pair of Democratic state lawmakers from Queens have devised a safeguard against a potential nightmare situation: You purchase a winning lottery ticket and then you lose it before redeeming your millions. Sen. James Sanders and Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman introduced legislation that lets lottery winners, who have lost their winning ticket, redeem their prize if they submit “documentary proof of purchase of such winning ticket” within five years of the lottery drawing. The measure stems from a 2003 incident, where a Queens resident purportedly lost their winning ticket for a $3 million prize, according to the bill memorandum. The legislation is waiting in the racing and wagering committees in both houses of the Legislature. Read More
April 22, 2021
After coming up short in this year’s budget negotiations to get a minimum wage increase for home care workers, Senate Aging Committee Chair Rachel May is turning her attention to a 2022 advocacy campaign, which could kick off with a hearing next month. Read More
April 16, 2021
In an effort to speed up the state’s response to the pandemic last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended some of the normal checks and balances on his power, including some of the procurement oversight by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office. More than a year later, despite actions taken by the state legislature to curb the governor’s pandemic powers, Cuomo is still exercising broad unilateral decisions over the state. On April 6, an executive order – relying on the governor’s pre-pandemic powers – suspended the comptroller’s oversight powers for another month. Read More
April 5, 2021
On Monday afternoon, The Capitol Pressroom reached out to a dozen upstate and suburban Senate Democrats to get their positions on a $2 billion state investment in pandemic benefits for New Yorkers – mostly undocumented immigrants – who were shut out of federal relief efforts. The dozen moderate members could control the fate of the measure in the chamber if they voted as a block. Ten didn’t respond, one Long Island Democrat’s spokesman offered a “no comment,” and Sen. Pete Harckham called me back. “I think it’s very necessary,” the Westchester County Democrat said. Read More
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