New York’s evolving unemployment benefits landscape
June 9, 2021 – Nicole Salk, of Brooklyn Legal Services, discusses a new calculation for part-time unemployment benefits, assesses the state’s effort to pay out benefits and makes the case for extending...
View ArticleDespite pushback, Cuomo gets his judges on state’s top court
June 10, 2021 – Two new judges have been added to the state Court of Appeals, further cementing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fingerprint on the state’s top court. The New York Law Journal’s Ryan Tarinelli has...
View ArticleRaising the age of marital consent in New York
June 10, 2021 – How old should you be to get married? Under legislation awaiting the governor’s signature, the minimum age could soon be 18. Fraidy Reiss, founder and executive director of Unchained at...
View ArticleMedical marijuana company has big plans for New York
June 10, 2021 – Dr. Kyle Kingsley, CEO and chairman of Vireo Health, a national medical marijuana company operating in New York, lays out their expansion plans in the state, following the legalization...
View ArticleGianaris: Despite unfinished business, 2021 session was a ‘great success’
June 11, 2021 – Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, discusses the recently completed legislation session, including the end of session bills that did (and didn’t) get done.
View ArticleEpidemiologist questions Cuomo’s threshold for return to normalcy
June 11, 2021 – Dr. Denis Nash, executive director of the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, weighs in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to dramatically scale back pandemic...
View ArticleLawmakers approve ‘lock box’ for future opioid settlement funds
June 11, 2021 – Legislation that made its way through the Capitol ensures that future settlement money from litigation with opioid manufacturers and distributors will pay for substance abuse prevention...
View ArticleWho’s in and who’s out at the MTA
June 11, 2021 – New York Daily News transit report Clayton Guse helps us make sense of the leadership changes at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
View ArticleLawmakers pave the way to covert NYC hotels into affordable housing
June 14, 2021 – Gateway Housing President Ted Houghton breaks down a campaign by state lawmakers to invest $100 million into transforming Manhattan hotels into residences for the homeless and housing...
View ArticleUnion blames cozy health care contracting for high medical bills
June 14, 2021 – After adding up their health plan costs, 32BJ Health Fund Director Sarah Rothstein decided her members could save money by avoiding one high-priced hospital and is leading a legislative...
View ArticleNew York on precipice of decriminalizing syringe possession after years of...
June 14, 2021 – Proponents of harm reduction are applauding state lawmakers for passing legislation that would decriminalize possession of syringes, but they say more needs to be done to combat the war...
View ArticleSubverting the school-to-prison pipeline in New York
June 14, 2021 – Lisa Freeman, director of special litigation for the juvenile rights practice at the Legal Aid Society, discusses legislation that made its way through the Capitol – and one bill that...
View ArticleGender-neutral marker could debut on state ID in 2022
June 15, 2021 – If signed into law, the Gender Recognition Act will give nonbinary and transgender New Yorkers the option of marking their gender as X on their driver’s license application and also...
View ArticleLawmakers leave Albany with unfinished environmental work
June 15, 2021 – New York League of Conservation Voters President Julie Tighe talks about the environmental measures that got done this legislative session – a stricter drinking water standard in...
View ArticleNursing home lawsuit could be harbinger for thousands of pandemic cases
June 15, 2021 – Rob Rosborough, author of the New York Appeals blog, will break down a lawsuit against a nursing home stemming from the death of a married couple last year who contracted COVID-19. The...
View ArticleConstruction union enjoys productive legislative session
June 15, 2021 – New York State Building Trades Council President Gary LaBarbera will discuss his union’s victories during the recently completed legislative session, including a wage theft prevention...
View ArticleCombating the pandemic rise in elder abuse
June 17, 2021 – Becky Preve, executive director of the Association on Aging in New York, discusses the rise in elder abuse during the pandemic, the different forms of elder abuse and what the state is...
View ArticleAssemblymember Paulin continues to lead campaign against gun violence
June 17, 2021 – Assemblymember Amy Paulin, a Westchester County Democrat, talks about two of her bills that were approved by state lawmakers and are designed to reduce gun violence by limiting who can...
View ArticleThe evolution of voting access continues in New York
June 17, 2021 – It’s been another busy year for Democratic lawmakers’ efforts to make voting easier, and Jarret Berg, a voting rights advocate and co-founder of Vote Early NY, has a run down of the...
View ArticleDems propose nutrition standards for food at state-funded facilities
June 17, 2021 – In the pursuit of healthy food in the bellies of more New Yorkers, Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation requiring the Cuomo administration to adopt a healthy food standard that...
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