Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be visiting Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse tomorrow to announce who will serve on his various regional economic development panels. Cuomo last week offered some more details on how the councils will work and some deadlines for them to reach in order to be eligible for up… Read More →
A bill signed today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will create “Gold Alert” system for cognitively impaired adults who have gone missing, similar to the Amber Alert system in place for children. The bill—sponsored by Sen. John DeFrancisco and Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, both of Syracuse—will use the existing Amber Alert infrastructure… Read More →
A Monroe County-based group announced it will file suit against the Senate in state Supreme Court this morning, saying that the way the bill legalizing same-sex marriage was brought to the floor broke the law in a variety of ways. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a Spencerport group that helped… Read More →
When it comes to the race to wed the first same-sex couple in New York, Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings wants to make it clear: he was first. Appearing on Fred Dicker’s radio show on Talk-1300 in Albany, Jennings reiterated his belief that the private wedding he officiated between Dale Getto… Read More →
Gannett’s WGRZ in Buffalo is planning live coverage this morning of the mass same-sex marriage wedding being held at 10 a.m. this morning in Niagara Falls. You can watch it below. Forty-seven couples have RSVP’d to the event, WGRZ reports. They’re coming from Niagara and Erie counties as well as… Read More →
Hundreds of couples headed to city halls across the state today to get marriage licenses on the first day same-sex marriage was legal in New York. New York City reported 659 marriage licenses were issued today, with 511 couples having at least one spouse from New York City. In all,... Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today has been a “long time coming” for gay-rights advocates as they celebrated the first day that same-sex marriage is legal in New York. Weddings were being held across the state as gay couples took the opportunity to visit city halls to get married. Midnight ceremonies… Read More →
The state’s housing commissioner was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after driving off a ramp connecting the Cross County and Hutchinson River parkways, according to The New York Times. Darryl Towns, who served as an Assemblyman from Brooklyn before he was tapped by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January… Read More →
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said his relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo is going well since the new administration took office in January, DiNapoli said in an Albany radio appearance. Speaking on WAMC’s Capitol Connection with Alan Chartock, DiNapoli said that both he and Cuomo are “doing well” and that “the people… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation today that he said will reduce regulatory burdens the State Liquor Authority places on farm wineries. “This bill is a huge boost for wineries across the state. Reducing the regulatory burdens on farm wineries will allow them to continue to thrive as a key tourism,... Read More →