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State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY students are nearing full compliance with the state’s vaccine mandate, reaching a 99.5 percent vaccination rate across the system’s 64 campuses. The high vaccination rate has allowed for SUNY students to return to a more “normal” on-campus college experience […]
Following an endorsement from state Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs, 20 county chairs across New York announced their endorsement for Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s gubernatorial election. Attempting to keep the Democratic Party together for the 2022 elections, Jacobs announced his endorsement ahead of the primaries, before any other […]
So many potential aspirants for the New York governor’s job are rumored to be entering the pool, we’re going to need a life guard. One thing is for sure — the Kathy Hochul crowd knows that they will have to fight like hell to keep the job. Interestingly, the competent […]
Well, there is quite a bit of time to go before the 2022 gubernatorial primary election and a lot of potential for some major, tough competition. Here’s how I would score it now. Kathy Hochul: As the incumbent, Hochul obviously has the lead. That’s because some people are looking for […]
On March 31, 2021, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing the use of recreational marijuana and automatically expunging criminal records related to marijuana that are no longer illegal under the new laws. Under the law, adults 21 and older are able to consume marijuana wherever smoking and vaping is […]
New York State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs has endorsed Kathy Hochul for governor. On the same day, October 4, Jacobs simultaneously endorsed incumbents Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, Attorney General, Letitia James and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, suggesting that some of these potential challengers to Hochul allow the new governor to “make […]
Five ballot proposals will be put before state voters on November 2, 2021 during the General Election. The ballot proposals will address amending the apportionment and redistricting process, the constitutional rights to clean air and water, same-day voter registration, no-excuse absentee voting, and expanding the New York City Civil Court […]
The state Department of Health announced that health care providers in New York can now request supplies of COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapeutics directly from the agency, through an online ordering process. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services transitioned from the direct ordering process for monoclonal antibodies from the […]