Assemblyman Francisco Moya has introduced a bill that would recognize “stealthing,” or the covert removal or damaging of a condom during or before sex, as a form of rape. Bill A.8069 establishes stealthing as a lack of consent, making it an act of rape. It says that if one person […]
Month: June 2017
Bill makes it easier to dial 9-1-1 from public buildings
The Assembly has passed a bill that would make it easier to call 911 from a public building. The bill (A.608/S.932) sponsored by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, would require changes to the multi-line telephone systems in buildings owned by the state; a county, town, or village government; a school district; […]
Counties asking state to cover DA raises
With just days to go in the legislative session county officials and prosecutors are urging the Assembly to pass a bill that will help counties pay for mandated raises for their district attorneys. By New York State Judicial Law, salaries for district attorneys are linked to the salaries of […]
NYCLU, victims’ families call for better data on police activity
Communities United for Police Reform, a coalition of activist groups and community organizers from across the state, held a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol in an effort to raise awareness for a bill that would require police departments to collect data on the people they stop, frisk, detain […]
Lawmakers acting on more than a dozen new animal protection laws
The Senate is expected to take up measures Tuesday aimed at strengthening protections for animals and their owners. The bills, expected to pass on the Legislature’s annual Animal Advocacy Day, would expand Buster’s Law, crack down on animal fighting, and improve oversight for animal shelters, among other measures. “It’s hard […]
It’s official: Ridesharing will be available by Fourth of July
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday night signed a bill that will speed up the process of allowing ridesharing across New York. With the signing of Bill S.5814/A .7624, sponsored by Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst, and Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston, services such as Uber and Lyft will be operational in every […]
Assembly Republicans say legislative work is far from finished
With 11 days left in the 2017 Legislative Session, the Assembly Republican Conference is making its final case for priority legislation they would like to see passed before June 21. Increased oversight of economic development programs, ethics reforms, creating a domestic violence database, reducing red tape for small businesses and […]
Opinion: Death should not be “just another choice”
Full court press is on for the passage of laws permitting physician assisted suicide in New York state. Spokespeople in the media proclaim that only the individual should have the choice as to when to die. The slogan in circulation is that people have, “a right to die” as though […]