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Forgoing the customary “State of the State” Address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his legislative agenda early this year, urging the Democratic-controlled Legislature to act in the first 100 days of session, which opened on Wednesday. Cuomo announced the agenda on December 17 during a speech hosted by the Roosevelt Institute. […]
Coalition unveils legislative agenda which includes fighting GENDA and aid-in-dying bills Jason and David Benham are keynote speakers, telling their audience, “It’s about getting to the hearts of legislators” The state’s largest organization of evangelical Christians is fighting a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill New Yorkers, […]
Members, supporters and advocates for the New York Civil Liberties Union rallied Monday outside the Capitol in support of several bills they say would protect and expand civil rights. Public defense funding and reform, reproductive rights, transgender discrimination, electronic privacy, and police data transparency were all on the agenda for […]