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Congressman Gregory Meeks was voted unanimously to replace Former Representative Joe Crowley as Chairman of the Queens County Democratic Committee. “I supported Greg’s candidacy to replace me as County Leader,” Crowley said. “I think he will do a great job of building on all our accomplishments in electing competent, ethical elected officials that are reflective of the […]

This week, both the Nassau and Suffolk County Executives argued that their respective counties should opt out of any potential recreational marijuana law the state may enact. Speaking to an audience at Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday, County Executive Laura Curran said “Let me say it again, no legalized recreational marijuana sales in Nassau County. This is not […]

Robert Mujica, the Governor’s Budget Director, expressed doubt about the idea that New York could accelerate the opening of downstate casinos despite a recent push to do so in the wake of MGM’s purchase of Empire City Casino in Yonkers. Mujica said that even if the state could accelerate the issuance of licenses, it would not be […]

City & State NY’s weekly Winners & Losers here. State to launch new school funding transparency website. REBNY outlines issues with proposed pied-a-terre tax. Cuomo says Assembly doing the teachers union bidding in opposing property tax cap. A 227-year-old peace pipe-tomahawk given to a Seneca chief by George Washington is returning to Seneca land. Remington Arms laying off 300 workers. HBO to close Long Island facility.

The Commissioners of the State Board of Elections will meet on March 19. The legislature will hold a joint public hearing on the effectiveness of the state’s transit networks in Syracuse on March 22nd. JCOPE will hold its next meeting on March 26th The Board of Regents will next meet on April 8 and 9. Senate Higher Education Committee will hold a public hearing to […]

The end of last week marked the deadline for a consensus revenue forecast, reached by three-way negotiated agreement between the Governor, Assembly, and Senate. The revenue forecast is the foundation of the state budget, it is an agreement between the parties on how much money is available to spend in the upcoming spending plan. State […]

In an Op-Ed published in Newsday this week, the Governor laid out his argument for making the 2% property tax cap permanent. The Governor points the Trump administration’s cap on state and local tax deductions as major issue for taxpayers, making the property tax cap permanent now a necessity, even pledging to not sign a budget that […]

Both houses of legislature passed another gun control bill which intends to keep operable firearms from being accessed by children. The bill would require anyone who owns or possesses a firearm and resides in a home that either, has children under 16 in residence or is likely to have children in the home for any reason, store […]

The Governor announced $128 million in new funding through the PAVE NY initiative, designed to repair roads across the state after damage done by the harsh winter. The funding will support 91 different projects and will replace 1,000 lane miles of pavement. The Governor said: “A thriving transportation network is critical to supporting New York’s regional economic […]

Attorney General Letitia James joined a coalition of 21 State Attorneys General in a federal lawsuit aimed at the Trump administrations new rule altering the Title X family planning program. The rule is called the “gag rule” by opponents because they argue it places an unlawful and unethical restriction on health care professionals and prohibits them from providing information […]