Coming Up – 10/9/2018

October 9th, 2018

Gov. Cuomo’s Regulated Marijuana Workgroup, which is drafting legislation for an adult-use marijuana program for the Legislature to consider in 2019, continues its series of listening sessions Upstate this week.  Sessions are being held tonight in Syracuse; October 10 in Utica; and October 11 in Watertown. Register to participate in a session here.

On October 10, the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is holding its ‘Meet the Candidates PAC Endorsement Reception.’

On October 16, the Assembly Committees on Codes, Health, Government Operations and Alcoholism and Drug Abuse are holding the first of four public hearings “to seek input on proposals to legalize, regulate and tax adult use of marijuana in New York.” The first hearing will be held in Manhattan.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) holds its next meeting on October 18.

On October 23, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership is holding a forum on a single-payer healthcare system in New York State and what it could mean for employers, employees and taxpayers.

On October 30, the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is holding a program titled ‘Preparing for NYS Increases to the Minimum Wage & Salary Threshold.’

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) holds its next meeting on October 30.

On November 1, the North Country Chamber of Commerce is holding a program on Preparing for New York’s New Sexual Harassment Law.

On November 2, the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is holding an HR briefing on government-sponsored health insurance.

Election Day is Tuesday, November. 6.

On November 16, the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee is holding a public hearing in Albany “to examine recycling-related issues.”