Sen. Brad Hoylman has introduced legislation to establish a COVID-19 health registry for New York in order to monitor the long-term effects of coronavirus. Modeled after the World Trade Center Health Registry, which was used to monitor the long-term health of people directly exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center […]
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Bill aims to crack down on deceptive police interrogations, requires study by DCJS
Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblyman Clyde Vanel have been working with the Innocence Project to draft a bill (S.324/A.6570) that addresses the issue of deceptive interrogations that lead to false confessions and convictions. The bill proposed by the Innocence Project and sponsored by Sen. Myrie and Assemblyman Vanel seeks to provide increased […]
Senate committee moves bill that gives relief to Manhattan small businesses
The Cities Committee in the state Senate passed legislation Apr. 27 that would halt collection of the Commercial Rent Tax from small businesses that pay less than $1 million in rent per year during the pandemic while providing additional relief. The CRT is only charged to commercial tenants in Manhattan […]
Publisher’s Corner: Take Dr. Chartock’s True or False Quiz
True or False T or F: Speaker Heastie has a better job than Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. True: The Speaker is king. He and his people will tell you about the power of his conference. He might say, “They tell ME what to do, not the other way around.” They […]
Governor visits Western New York where positivity rates reached 3.5 percent this week
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the Buffalo Marathon will return in June for its twentieth anniversary. The governor also joined Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes to announce a new pop-vaccination site in the region just for young people. The race will operate at roughly 50 percent of its typical capacity […]
Restaurant and bar owners celebrate end of “food rule” as Legislature overturns executive orders
With the state Senate rescinding a number of executive orders put in place by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the pandemic, restaurants are celebrating the suspension of a directive that required food to be sold in restaurants and bars to every customer purchasing alcohol. “This will single-handedly boost the bottom line […]
New York resumes Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration, announced that vaccine providers may once again distribute the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reports of blood clotting in a handful of recipients. As a result, New York has resumed using the one-shot Johnson […]
Gov. Cuomo asks Attorney General to explore legal challenges to Census Apportionment
Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on Attorney General Letitia James to review legal options to challenge the U.S. Census Bureau’s report after it was announced that New York will lose one congressional seat. Cuomo said that Census takers faced unprecedented challenges last year due to the effect the pandemic has had […]