The Capitol’s Million Dollar Staircase was abuzz on Tuesday, March 8 as a coalition of politicians, lobbyists and advocates called for labeling of genetically modified foods. Close to 100 people rallied on the majestic staircase to fight for a bill (A.617-b/S.485-b) that would require companies to label their products containing […]
Month: March 2016
New Paltz Tuition Rally
Gov. Cuomo pushes for $15 minimum wage
DiNapoli: NY slow to penalize nursing home violations
New York needs to change how it fines nursing homes in violation of state laws to protect some of New York’s most vulnerable, according to the Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, DiNapoli recently met with senior citizen advocates in Albany to address the need to improve enforcement of nursing home violations. […]
Final push to “Raise the Age” before budget deadline
With just days to go before the state’s budget deadline, the coalition pushing for a higher age of criminal responsibility is trying to get the attention of lawmakers to convince them a change is needed. Gov. Andrew Cuomo included legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility in his Executive […]
Coalition fights aid-in-dying bill
The controversial aid-in-dying legislation is facing opposition from an alliance of groups that oppose the bill for both moral and pragmatic reasons, arguing that the legislation would put elderly and disabled people at risk of being abused. The bill, titled the “Patient Self-Determination Act” (S.5814-a/A.5261-c) would allow people with terminal […]
Are we ready for the unthinkable?
The world, of course, is a very dangerous place. The threat of nuclear holocaust has been with us since World War II. Children in the 1950’s learned to recognize the yellow and black “fallout shelter” signs and were taught to “duck and cover” when the sirens sounded. During the Cuban […]
Assembly bill would delay gun sales to suspected terrorists
A new bill in the Assembly is designed to prevent individuals on the Terror Watch List from purchasing a firearm in New York state. The bill (A.9433) introduced by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, is an attempt to give more time to the FBI for completing background checks on those purchasing […]