With many New Yorkers still adjusting to their lost hour of sleep last weekend, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara and Sen. Joseph Griffo have introduced legislation that would make daylight savings permanent in the state of New York.  The bipartisan legislation would cement daylight saving time as the year-round standard time in […]

With the legalization of recreational marijuana all but a certainty in the state budget, a coalition of parents, police and doctors is urging the Legislature to remove the issue from budget negotiations. In an open letter to lawmakers, the organizations say legalization and commercialization of recreational marijuana creates a serious […]

Restaurants statewide can increase their capacity once again, beginning on March 19, but Assemblyman Jarett Gandolfo is calling for an earlier start date so that struggling businesses take advantage of St. Patrick’s Day business.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s looser restrictions will increase restaurant capacity outside of New York City to 75% […]

As eligible residents throughout the state receive their first doses of COVID vaccine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lifting capacity restrictions on New York restaurants outside of New York City starting March 19, but restaurants say they’re still struggling to recover from their losses. “Our fight in the war against COVID-19 […]

As New Yorkers in rural areas of the state struggle to access vaccine sites, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara has written to the state Department of Health asking for the agency to issue guidelines that would allow ambulance services to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in more sparsely populated regions.  As the representative of […]

New legislation ensuring the collection of information on New Yorkers involved in hate crimes has passed in the Senate Finance Committee as of Monday, March 1. As hate crimes against Asian-American and Pacific Islander citizens reach all time highs in the state, legislators are taking action to ensure safety for […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a program of undercover testers and new regulations to root out discrimination in real estate. The undercover program will be administered by New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the state’s affordable housing agency, which will partner with nonprofit groups to dispatch trained fair-housing testers to […]

With the coronavirus pandemic reaching its one-year anniversary, the impact on the mental health of many Americans has been monumental. People are losing their loved ones, their jobs, their businesses, their educational opportunities, their social contacts, and more.  A coalition of groups, which has an ally in Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, […]