Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara and Senator Daphne Jordan have introduced a bill to give mom and pop, locally owned restaurants one full week of state sales tax exemptions to give them a financial boost heading into the winter. The bipartisan “Save Our NYS Restaurants Act” would establish a one-week sales tax […]
The Restoration of Honor Act went into effect on Nov. 12, 2020, a year after being signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to commemorate Veteran’s Day. The law restores eligibility for state veterans benefits for anyone who was dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces due to their sexual orientation, gender identity […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new law (S.4190 /A.6976) requiring mortgage servicers to provide contact information so local governments can easily reach those responsible for maintaining vacant properties in their communities. It is common for vacant properties to become engulfed in overgrown lawns and broken glass while the home […]
With the first shipment of vaccines on their way to New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is reaching out to the Trump Administration, seeking additional federal funding to distribute the vaccine and offering a compromise to break the stalemate over vaccinating undocumented citizens. Cuomo announced Wednesday that 170,000 doses of the […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said his administration is preparing for a new battle in the war on the coronavirus pandemic — a battle that will take place in the hospitals, clinics and urgent care centers across the state, which are preparing for a surge in patients in the coming […]
On Nov. 23, at approximately 11:40 a.m. Governor Andrew Cuomo received the International Emmy Founders Award as recognition of his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his use of televised coronavirus briefings to inform, lead and encourage people across the state and around the world. While Cuomo himself was not […]
Several weeks ago, I suggested on the radio that Donald Trump, who I believe has no bottom, might be planning a coup to subvert our American democracy. I didn’t say that there would be a coup, rather, I suggested that there might be. Now I believe that my words have […]
Two days before Thanksgiving, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY campuses have finished mandatory testing of students on campus with 152,788 tests conducted with a positivity rate of 0.63 percent between November 9 and November 23. SUNY Upstate Medical University will process the remaining tests […]
