Thirteen SUNY athletes will be staying in the neighboring state of Virginia during the upcoming NCAA Swimming Championship to honor a three-year-old executive order that bans state-funded travel to North Carolina. The athletes from three SUNY schools — Brockport, Geneseo and Cortland — qualified for the state championship being held […]
Politics
Outside income report signals tough choice for some state lawmakers
A leading good government group has released an analysis of state legislators who earn additional income in other jobs, a practice that will be drastically changed when new rules go into effect next year. The report on lawmakers’ outside income includes the names of the 10 highest earners with […]
Conservation groups ask for more rangers, mandatory boat washing and ATV ban on adk. state lands
Four major conservation groups vested in the Adirondack Park want Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers to prioritize the park in the state budget for next fiscal year. In an open letter to the governor and lawmakers, they are asking to expand the state’s Environmental Protection Fund, increase the staff at […]
Griffo bill would give each county one senator
A new bill proposed by the Senate Minority Leader would change the size and makeup of the state Senate, with the hopes of bringing “geographic balance” to New York. Under the legislation introduced by Sen. Joseph Griffo, each county in New York would elect just one senator, reducing the number […]
Krueger-Ortiz bill would create a nonpartisan Legislative Budget Office
LBO would remove politics from revenue and spending forecasts, improve budget process and fiscal accountability The Senate Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance, chaired by Senator Alessandra Biaggi, voted Thursday to move S.3287/A.1835, a bill to create a nonpartisan legislative budget office similar to those used by the New York […]
Publisher’s Corner: There are no winners in the Amazon debacle
You do not want to get on the dark side of Andrew Cuomo. When he gets angry, watch out, and he is angry now. Something that really shouldn’t have happened did happen. The newly empowered Democrats in the State Senate miscalculated and as a result, Amazon pulled out of the […]
Cuomo signs bills reducing ballot signature requirements for 2019
On February 20, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two pieces of legislation that will increase ballot access for candidates planning to run for public office in 2019. Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a bill that will unify the state, local, and federal (non-presidential) elections to a single […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statement on Amazon HQ2 pullout
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statement on Amazon’s decision to pull its HQ2 project from Queens after facing backlash from lawmakers and some union leaders. “Amazon chose to come to New York because we are the capital of the world and the best place to do business. We competed in and won […]