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Gov. Andrew Cuomo renamed the state university’s central administration building in Albany after recently retired SUNY Chairman H. Carl McCall. In addition to the building renaming, Cuomo awarded McCall the Governor’s Medal of Public Service for his 50 years of public service during which time he served as chairman of […]
Editor’s note: Ophelia Xie is a student at SUNY New Paltz who is interning at The Legislative Gazette for the spring 2020 semester. In this first-person story, she recounts her experiences in China during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. I have not celebrated the Lunar New Year for seven […]
The Assembly Republican Conference has elected Will Barclay to serve as their new leader after the sudden resignation of Brian Kolb last week. Barclay, of Pulaski, had been serving as the deputy minority leader since 2012. The 51-year-old assemblyman was first elected in 2002 and has served on a number […]
Attorney Shoshana Bewlay will take over as executive director of the state’s Committee on Open Government following the resignation of Robert Freeman, who held the job for decades until accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced last June. Secretary of State Rossana Rosado announced Bewlay’s appointment on Monday. After an extensive […]
You’ve really got to admire New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Integrity means a great deal in politics and so does a modicum of level headedness. DiNapoli has both, and we can all learn a lot from him. Let’s look back. Once he was a decent guy in the New […]
By a 51-to-39 percent margin, New Yorkers say Andrew Cuomo has made New York a better place to live in his nine years as governor. Yet, Cuomo’s favorability rating, negative 43-to-50 percent (down from 52-to-42 percent in June), matches his lowest-ever favorability rating, and his job performance rating 34-to-64 […]
During a ceremony at Fordham Law School in Manhattan, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, with a goal of achieving a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Joined by former Vice President Al Gore, Cuomo called the legislation one of the the most consequential achievements of his […]
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia is resigning her position, effective August 31, for a new job where she will help to improve struggling public schools. The announcement was made Monday at the Board of Regents meeting in Albany. “We thank Commissioner Elia for her tireless and unwavering service […]