Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Representatives from the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) joined with more than 100 direct care staff and mental health advocates to rally on the steps of the Capitol last Wednesday to call on lawmakers to increase funding for mental health recovery assisted living programs. Cries of “fair […]
Less than 48 hours after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, thousands of New Yorkers marched in solidarity on Jan. 21. Megan Sperry, a professor of Digital Media and Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz, attended the Women’s March in Albany. In an interview […]
On Feb. 6, SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian held a Q&A session with financial journalist Rob Cox, the 2017 James H. Ottaway Seminar professor. Students and faculty were invited to the Honors Center at the college to learn about Cox’s unique journalism experiences and how they inform the […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Tuesday that nullifies a controversial bag tax in New York City that was set to go into effect today. The state law places a moratorium on the adoption or implementation of any local law that charges a fee on shopping bags until a task […]
President Donald Trump introduced his nominee for the Supreme Court last week, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado. Gorsuch’s nomination received mixed response from New York legislators and interest groups. Conservatives are elated at the prospect of restoring the ideological balance to the […]
With latest confirmation, Gov. Cuomo has now appointed all seven Court of Appeals judges On Monday the New York State Senate unanimously confirmed Rowan Wilson to be an associate judge on the New York State Court of Appeals. The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. John Bonacic congratulated […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated Rowan Wilson to be the next associate judge on the New York State Court of Appeals. If approved by the Senate, Wilson would replace Judge Eugene Pigott who retired last year. “The New York State Court of Appeals embodies the highest values of government […]
President of the New York State Senate and Majority Leader John Flanagan On Tuesday night handed up the following committee assignments: Aging: Serino, Chair Alcantara, Felder, Funke, Golden, LaValle, Marchione Agriculture: Ritchie, Chair Funke, Gallivan, O’Mara, Ranzenhofer, Seward, Valesky Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: Amedore, Chair Bonacic, Carlucci, Phillips, […]