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Beginning today, masks will be required in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. Employees and customers must either be vaccinated or masked in restaurants, bars, shops and stores, performance venues and most every other type of business, or face a $1,000 fie per violation, under […]
SUNY Chancellor James Malatras has submitted a letter to the SUNY Board of Trustees announcing his intention to resign his position effective Jan. 14, 2022. Malatras has come under fire in recent weeks for making disparaging remarks about Lindsey Boylan during a public dispute regarding working conditions in the Governor’s Office. […]
New York Democrats continue to favor Governor Kathy Hochul in the gubernatorial primary, with 36 percent supporting Hochul, 18 percent backing Attorney General Letitia James, 10 percent supporting New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and 6 percent each for Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City Mayor Bill de […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the 2022 State of the State Address will be held in the New York State Assembly Chamber on Wednesday, Jan. 5. This will mark the first time in a decade that a sitting governor delivers a State of the State Address from inside the Assembly […]
Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Tim Kennedy announced that Governor Hochul has signed their bill (S.5486-a / A.6295-a) into law, creating a new truck driver training program for 18-20 year-olds. New York currently allows 18-20 year old’s to obtain a CDL Class B license to drive within state borders, but […]
New York state is at a public health and safety crossroads, and yet again current leadership has proven they are unable to discern the right direction. Recently, two decisions handed down from misguided liberals in New York have further put the public at risk as there appears to be no […]
Sometimes it seems as if every major league political player wants into the gubernatorial sweepstakes. Clearly, everyone thinks that they have the stuff to get into the upcoming primary. Why do so many people think that the field is open when it appears that most of the establishment is behind […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced the first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in New York state. So far, the five cases appear unrelated. One case is from Suffolk County with a history of travel to South Africa. The individual was asymptomatic while traveling home and after returning […]