This week Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announced a proposal to reorganize the MTA and provide dedicated funding streams for the beleaguered authority. The major tenets of the plan are as follows: Reorganize the MTA by consolidating the common functions of the six entities that make up the MTA. Currently, the New York City Transportation Authority […]
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, in a letter sent to the Governor last weekend, withdrew her nomination of vocal Amazon opponent Senator Gianaris to the Public Authority Control Board (PACB). In the same letter, the Majority Leader put forward an alternative nomination for the board, Senator Leroy Comrie. It was noted that Senator Comrie’s district envelopes part of Belmont […]
State Comptroller DiNapoli released his report on the proposed executive budget. The report notes that tax collections were dramatically short of projections and that the Division of Budget has since reduced estimates of tax receipts for the current and next fiscal year by $5.7 billion. DiNapoli cautioned that “[a]s lawmakers craft next year’s state budget, they are […]
City Councilman Jumaane Williams beat 16 other candidates to win the special election held for New York City Public Advocate. The special election was a result of the vacancy left by now State Attorney General Tish James. In the interim, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson was serving in a dual capacity as both Council Speaker and Public […]
Senator Cathy Young announced this week her plans to resign her seat in the state Senate effective March 10th. Young will be taking a position at Cornell University where she will become executive director of the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell’s AgriTech in Geneva. Young said: “It was a very challenging decision to […]
Paul A. Karas, acting commissioner of the Department of Transportation, has submitted a letter of resignation to the Governor. He indicated that he would soon be stepping down from his role as acting commissioner and identified his desire to return to Illinois to be with his wife full-time, who has spent most of her time there pursuing […]
Jerry Kassar won a special election to as Chair of the state Conservative Party. The position became open as long time chair of the party, Mike Long, resigned unexpectedly earlier this year. Kassar beat out Ralph Lorigo of Erie County to win the post. The position is up for election for a full term in 2020 where […]
City & State NY’s weekly Winners & Losers here. City & State NY’s New York City’s Power 100. Newsday Opinion Piece: False promises about legalized weed. The budget’s Medicaid cuts could sink ambulance services in New York. New bill to provide undocumented immigrants health care coverage introduced in Senate and Assembly. Listen to Cuomo on Chartock here. USA Today suggests new lawsuits could push NY Diocese into bankruptcy. […]
A Joint hearing of the Senate Banks and Consumer Protection Committee will hold a hearing on the proposed Student Loan Consumer Assistance Program (SLCAP) on March 4. The Board of Regents will hold its next meeting March 11-12. PSC will hold its next meeting on March 14th. JCOPE will hold its next meeting on March 26th
This week, the Governor unveiled his 2019 Women’s Justice Agenda with help from Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, the Lieutenant Governor Hochul, and actress Julianne Moore. The plan is focused on three main areas; reproductive justice, social justice, and economic justice. Reproductive Justice Enshrine the Reproductive Health Act in the state constitution Improve Access to In-Vitro Fertilization and […]