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Senate Finance Committee Chair Catharine Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Herman Farrell, Jr. announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2017-2018 Executive Budget proposal. These hearings, each of which focuses on a programmatic area, are intended to provide the appropriate legislative committees with public input […]
On Tuesday evening at the state Capitol, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled the proposed 2017-2018 Executive Budget, which for the seventh consecutive year, would hold spending growth below 2 percent. Highlights of the proposed budget, which must be adopted by March 31, include: State Operating Funds spending is $98.06 billion […]
There are times that I scare myself. I have lost track of the number of times I’ve written that we have an obligation to offer free college education to those who qualify for entrance to our city and state universities. Governor Andrew Cuomo entered his office playing the role […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his sixth and final 2017 regional State of the State address in Albany on Wednesday afternoon. Below is a video of the address and a transcript of his speech. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2017 regional State of the State address in Syracuse on Wednesday morning. Below is a video of the speech and a transcript of his remarks. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. I […]
Senator Jim Tedisco, R-Glenville, and Assemblyman Phil Steck, D-Colonie, on Wednesday introduced new legislation to ensure that future State of the State addresses by New York’s Chief Executive are first given in the Assembly Chamber at the New York State Capitol. This legislation (S.1639) is in response to the […]
Senator Michael Gianaris introduced legislation that would add immigration status to the list of protected classes in the state’s Human Rights and Civil Right Laws. Gianaris’s proposal (S.963) would make it a violation to discriminate against a person based on immigration status and would expand current civil remedies for […]
Speaker Carl Heastie announced the New York State Assembly’s leadership positions and committee chairs for 2017-2018 legislative session. Speaker Carl E. Heastie Majority Leader Joseph D. Morelle Chair, Ways & Means Herman D. Farrell, Jr. Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper Assistant Speaker Félix W. Ortiz Speaker Pro Tempore Jeffrion […]