On March 27, Senator Jen Metzger, D-Rosendale, introduced a bill (S.8134) to connect New York job-seekers to food production farms in need of employees via an online portal. Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted New York state on “PAUSE,” thousands of New Yorkers have lost their jobs – leaving many to seek […]
Month: April 2020
Publisher’s Corner: Cuomo’s unlikely, but possible, path to the White House
I recently had the opportunity to ask Andrew Cuomo whether he would like to be president or vice president. I wasn’t surprised by his answer. I knew that he would tell me that he would not, for the same reason that a person would not say, “I’ll go to the […]
Senator John Flanagan announces retirement and joins growing list of retiring GOP lawmakers
After almost 34 years serving public office, New York Senator John J. Flanagan, R- East Northport, announced his retirement from the Legislature last Wednesday, as he will not be going up for re-election this upcoming 2020 election cycle. “The opportunity to serve the public for virtually all of my adult […]
Cuomo pleas for NY’ers to stay home and to work on their “social stamina”
As the number of new daily positive cases of COVID-19 continues to increase, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on the residents of New York state to practice social responsibility and stay home. As of Tuesday, March 31, there have been 1,550 deaths caused by the coronavirus in New York. The […]