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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed state agencies to prepare for a winter storm that will affect most of the state Tuesday and Wednesday. “It appears that Mother Nature has another round of winter weather in store for most of the state, which is unsurprising, but the concern here is […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his budget director are hoping for $15 billion in federal aid from the Biden Administration by April 1 in order to avoid higher taxes and service cuts in the fiscal year 2022 budget, which was unveiled on Jan. 19. Cuomo and Budget Director Robert Mujica essentially […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 20, to congratulate President Joe Biden, express hope for the country’s future and lay out what it will mean for New York moving forward in the face of COVID-19. “I’m very excited about the president and the change for this […]
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins today announced Senate Committee Chair assignments for the upcoming legislative session. The Senate Democratic Conference, which holds a veto-proof super majority for the first time, has created five new conferences, which are bold in the list below. “During our first session as the new Senate […]
In the wake of a new, highly contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus found in the United Kingdom, three airlines have agreed to test passengers traveling from the UK to New York. British Airways, Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to require a COVID-19 test before allowing passengers to […]
In 2015, residents of Hoosick Falls, a village located in Rensselaer County, were informed by the Environmental Protection Agency that their drinking water was unsafe to drink due to PFOA contamination. For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. A local […]
Shortly before 9:30 this morning, Sandra Lindsay, a nurse in the ICU unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, was the first person in New York — and likely the first in the United States — to receive the vaccine for COVID-19. Gov. Andrew Cuomo virtually joined Northwell […]
On Nov. 23, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed landmark legislation that will ban incineration of fire fighting foams containing harmful chemicals in certain cities. This new law is documented as being amongst the first of its kind in the nation, a notable victory for critics of foam incineration at the Norlite […]