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In an effort to pass legislation aimed at assisting New Yorkers with autism and developmental disabilities, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara joined advocates to present the first-ever “Autism Action Award” to Sara Mae Hickey, owner of a café that employs autistic adults. Santabarbara unveiled five bills he hopes will increase job […]
Five of the most influential labor unions in New York are celebrating what could be a short-term victory. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association came down Tuesday to a deadlocked 4-4 vote along liberal and conservative lines. The case threatened to block the ability […]
President Barack Obama has tapped a prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington D.C. Circuit, to fill the seat left vacant after the sudden death […]
New York state has joined 16 other states in a coalition for clean energy economies, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. The bipartisan coalition is an effort to develop and implement clean energy policies and expand clean energy sources. A total of 17 state governors have joined the accord, pledging to […]
Two bills introduced by Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and Sen. Andrew Lanza, both Staten Island Republicans, would strengthen New York’s animal cruelty laws. The bills, which have been endorsed by the Humane Society of New York, would increase penalties and close legal loopholes that create opportunity for animal cruelty. The first […]