Category Archives: The Week Behind Us

Senate Holds Hearings on State Parole Policies

The state Senate’s Crime Victims, Crime & Corrections Committee and Elections Committee held two public hearing last week on the state’s parole practices and an executive order issued that Gov. Cuomo issued in April that restored the voting rights of more than 24,000 felons on parole. Some police union officials have been critical of the […]

Budget Division to State Agencies: Continue to Limit Spending

On Friday, the state Division of Budget released its annual budget call letter to state agencies requesting agency budget requests for the state’s 2019-20 budget. The letter states that the Cuomo Administration will “continue the pattern of fiscal discipline by once again holding spending growth to two percent,” and requested that agency heads submit budget […]