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Progressive Democrat Sarahana Shrestha won the 103rd Assembly seat Tuesday, defeating Republican Patrick Sheehan. According to the New York State Board of Elections, Shrestha won with 59 percent of the votes compared to Sheehan’s 38 percent. The 103rd Assembly District includes parts of Ulster and Dutchess counties in the Hudson […]
Education journalist Sarah Carr will give a public speech this Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., in Coykendall Science Building Auditorium on the campus of SUNY New Paltz. Carr’s talk, open to all members of the community, is titled “Why It Took So Long to Reopen Schools During COVID, and […]
In light of near-record inflation, and a desire for families to shed the “doldrums of the pandemic,” two state lawmakers have introduced a bill to give New Yorkers a 50 percent discount on admission fees for all state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities during the 2022 season. The legislation […]
On April 14, 2022 members of the group TIAA Divest held a rally at SUNY New Paltz to spread the word about their campaign to pressure TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett into halting new investments in fossil fuels, fully divesting from fossil fuels by 2025, and immediately stopping TIAA’s acquisition […]
On April 5, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore presided over the investiture of three new judges to the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s top appellate court. The three judges — Madeline Singas, Anthony Cannataro, and Shirley Troutman — have been serving on the […]
On Tuesday night, Gov. Kathy Hochul updated the public about the 36th Street subway shooting that happened Tuesday morning in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Police have identified the shooter as Frank R. James, a 62-year-old man who police say has addresses in both Philadelphia and Wisconsin. There is […]
On April 26 at 7 p.m., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best-selling author and visiting professor Barton Gellman will deliver a lecture titled “Secrets, Leaks and the National Security State” on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Gellman, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is the SUNY New Paltz 2022 Visiting Ottaway Professor […]
Syracuse University’s Tully Center for Free Speech and the Empire State School Press Association recently hosted a webinar in recognition of Student Press Freedom Day. The event centered around the Student Free Speech Act and was headed by the bill’s co-sponsors — Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Sen. Brian Kavanagh. The […]