Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have required schools to consider the “home environment and family background” of special-needs students when placing them. Public school groups had been highly critical of the legislation, claiming it amounted to an unfunded mandate that would have led to a… Read More →
A Genesee County-based gas driller has turned up the heat on the state Department of Environmental Conservation, calling on the agency to get involved in a local dispute over a drilling ban or risk facing a lawsuit. Lenape Resources—which last month shut down its pipeline and operations in Avon, Livingston… Read More →
Note: Post has been updated throughout. Lobbying groups would be required to disclose their significant donors since July 1 under a set of regulations proposed adopted by the state ethics board today. Now, the regulations will be published and put to public comment before being officially adopted. The Joint Commission… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will veto a bill that would have required schools to consider the “home environment and family background” of special-needs students when placing them, the governor’s office confirmed Tuesday. School groups had been highly critical of the legislation, claiming it amounted to an unfunded mandate that would have… Read More →
From The Journal News’ Barbara Livingston Nackman: Political fundraisers can often be scenes of fiery rhetoric, but how many can boast “dinner, drinks, pistol and rifle shooting”? (Assemblyman) Steve Katz is hosting a political event Tuesday billed as a “one of a kind evening,” though he said today that no… Read More →
Westchester Assemblywoman Sandra Galef is out with a new letter to several energy companies today, calling on them to voluntarily unveil the chemicals they use in the hydraulic fracturing process. The letters stem from a familiar complaint of hydrofracking critics—that the industry isn’t bound by the Clean Water Act, and… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed a bill requiring written parental consent in order for a minor to obtain a body piercing. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Joseph Robach, R-Greece, Monroe County, aims to protect teenagers from infections and blood-borne diseases that might result from body piercings, which are piercings on… Read More →
Leaders of the statewide union AFL-CIO announced today its endorsement of Tompkins County Legislator Nate Shinagawa, a Democrat, for Congress. Shinagawa is running in the newly created 23rd Congressional District, which is in the Southern Tier. Union President Mario Cilento noted Shinagawa’s “energy and passion” as deciding factors in the… Read More →
The 4 p.m. deadline has passed, and three teams of contractors have submitted bids to build a replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, the state Thruway Authority just announced. Four coalitions of contractors and engineers had been invited to bid on the estimated $5.2 billion construction project in the… Read More →
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli today announced a new hire to be the overseer of the state pension fund’s investments, tapping a New York City-based portfolio manager as chief investment officer. Vicki Fuller, who specialized in public investments for AllianceBernstein, will make $300,000 annually as the $150 billion pension fund’s CIO,... Read More →