The Senate and Assembly leadership rebuked a last-ditch attempt by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and women’s rights groups to break up a women’s equality agenda into 10 separate bills. The goal by Cuomo and the groups is to force the Senate, controlled by Republicans and four-member Independent Democratic Conference, to have… Read More →
Women’s groups tonight urged the Senate to take up 10 individual bills on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s women’s rights agenda, including a controversial plan to expand abortion rights. “The Women’s Equality Coalition’s main goal has always been to ensure that the full 10 points of the Women’s Equality Act become law,”... Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to approve four upstate casinos as the first part of a plan to add up to seven casinos in the state, administration officials said. The late-night deal comes shortly before a midnight deadline to have bills printed in order to have them… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has agreed to split up his Women’s Equality Act into 10 separate bills, which could allow for individual votes on much-debated proposals that would strengthen New York’s abortion laws and enact equal pay legislation. The 10 bills were proposed by Cuomo and introduced late Tuesday in the… Read More →
Assembly Democrats knocked out plans to legalize mixed-martial arts in New York, saying there was insufficient support to bring the issue to a vote. “The conference has asked not to put it on the agenda,” Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, after Democrats met behind closed doors tonight. New York is… Read More →
In the first major agreement in the final days of the legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said they will approve legislation to create a financial restructuring board for local governments and reform the binding arbitration process. “By helping localities to make tough decisions and manage their finances… Read More →
Christopher Kay was named president and CEO of troubled New York Racing Association, Inc. today after a unanimous vote by its board of directors. Kay, 60, had been the chief operating officer for The Trust for Public Land. He has previously been a consultant to Universal Parks & Resorts and… Read More →
Twenty-one people were arrested today for protesting outside Sen. Jeff Klein’s office at the Capitol over the stalled effort for public financing of campaigns. They were charged with disorderly conduct after they blocked an “egress into a legislator’s office by sitting in the hallway and refused to move when directed… Read More →
A bill quietly introduced in the Legislature late yesterday would help the racetracks in Ontario and Genesee counties if the Seneca Nation of Indians moved forward with a Rochester-area casino. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples, D-Buffalo, and Sen. George Maziarz, R-Newfane, Niagara County, would provide tax parity with… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo submitted his final draft of legislation today that would create a panel to help distressed municipalities and tighten restrictions on binding arbitration disputes between municipalities and unions. Legislative leaders said they were hopeful to reach an agreement today. Cuomo has made it a priority to create a… Read More →