Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday released New York State’s $212 billion budget for fiscal year 2022. The budget will look to help rebuild New York after being hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 14 months. The State Operating Funds spending is $111 billion. A $311 billion infrastructure […]
More than 100 environmental justice groups and environmental organizations, led by Beyond Plastics and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives chapters in New York, New Jersey and across the country are calling for New York Congressmen Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, and Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., to remove “waste-to-energy” incineration from […]
Just days after the signing of legislation that legalizes adult-use cannabis, New York state has launched a new website that will serve as the official word on marijuana laws, regulations and policies as the long process of implementation begins. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on April 2 the launch of a […]
I really loved Ross Graham. She recently died and I wanted to write my personal tribute to her in a way that everyone else might understand. That’s because we all had someone like Ross Graham in our lives – a person who made such a difference on our development as […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s latest plan to reopen the state comes with the opening of live performance and art venues at 33 percent capacity. Music and performance venues can now host either 100 people indoors, or 200 people outdoors, under the new rules. For those venues that will require people to […]
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced 72 new full-time faculty members on March 23 as a part of the second PRODiG class to increase diversity and inclusion on SUNY campuses. PRODiG — a program that stands for Promoting, Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth — is now […]
On March 31, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (S.854/ A.1248), making New York the 15th state to legalize recreational adult use of marijuana. The legislation was passed by the New York State Senate on Tuesday with a vote of 40 to 23 and the Assembly […]
Trailblazing jurist Paul Feinman, 61, an associate judge of the state Court of Appeals, passed away on March 31 just days after he officially retired from the bench last week due to illness. Lawmakers and colleagues shared their condolences this week. “Justice Feinman was a historic jurist who made this […]
