Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
The Senate recently passed legislation (S.5923-a) sponsored by Senator Kevin Thomas, that would prevent the revocation of federal COVID-19 stimulus checks for individuals and families with children to satisfy money judgments. Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein sponsors the Assembly version of this bill, A.06617 which passed the Assembly on April 19. Currently, […]
In the matter of Rudolph Giuliani When he was mayor of New York, they called him “America’s Mayor.” He ran the biggest city in the country, and when the World Trade Center was attacked, he was the symbol of resistance to the really bad guys throughout the America-hating world. No […]
Sen. Brad Hoylman has introduced legislation to establish a COVID-19 health registry for New York in order to monitor the long-term effects of coronavirus. Modeled after the World Trade Center Health Registry, which was used to monitor the long-term health of people directly exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center […]
Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblyman Clyde Vanel have been working with the Innocence Project to draft a bill (S.324/A.6570) that addresses the issue of deceptive interrogations that lead to false confessions and convictions. The bill proposed by the Innocence Project and sponsored by Sen. Myrie and Assemblyman Vanel seeks to provide increased […]
The Cities Committee in the state Senate passed legislation Apr. 27 that would halt collection of the Commercial Rent Tax from small businesses that pay less than $1 million in rent per year during the pandemic while providing additional relief. The CRT is only charged to commercial tenants in Manhattan […]