Apr. 15, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday afternoon announced the “parameters of a concept agreement” for a $237 billion Fiscal Year 2025 state budget — two weeks past the spending plan’s April 1 deadline. But while Hochul said she, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie…
Mar. 30, 2023 Schneps Media It’s time for the “three people in the room” traditionally responsible for working out New York’s annual budget to deliver a front-page rescue for New York state’s journalism industry. That rescue comes in the form of the “Local Journalism Sustainability Act” (S.625/A.2958), one of the many legislative items now…
Mar. 23, 2023 By Christian Murray The state assembly passed a bill Wednesday that aims to lower the barrier for people wrongfully convicted of crimes to make a case for their innocence. The bill, titled the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act, aims to change existing law that blocks people who have pleaded guilty from filing…
Mar. 23, 2023 By Christian Murray Ten days after a series of bombshell allegations came out accusing Assemblyman Juan Ardila of sexually assaulting two women, one of the victims told amNY Metro that she is devastated that he has shown no signs of stepping down and that his actions represent a continued “abuse of…
Mar. 18, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Queens Assemblyman Clyde Vanel is safe and sound after piloting a plane that made an emergency landing on a Long Island beach on Friday afternoon. According to Vanel, who posted about the incident on social media Friday afternoon, March 17, he was piloting a plane that began to experience…
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