Republished with permission from the Legislative Gazette. For the first time in almost a decade, Democrats will hold a firm majority control of the New York State Senate. Based on preliminary numbers from the State Board of Elections, Democrats appeared to have secured a total 39 seats in the state […]
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New York voters will have the chance to elect four statewide officers and a U.S. senator on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Voters will be able to cast a ballot for the Governor’s Office, Lieutenant Governor’s Office, Comptroller’s Office, Attorney General’s Office, and the junior U.S. senator from New York. Polls […]
Following the lead of Facebook, the federal government and other states, Democrats in the New York Senate introduced a bill that would require sponsors of social media-based political ads in New York state to identify themselves. The bill, S.6896, comes as questions continue to linger over the impact that foreign […]
Know what you’re voting for on Nov. 7 Proposal 1: Constitutional Convention Voters will decide whether to open up a constitutional convention in which delegates will be given the opportunity to revise the NYS constitution. Proposal 2: Corrupt Officials Forfeit Pensions New York state voters will have the chance to […]
The University Police Department (UPD) at SUNY New Paltz issued a safety alert earlier this month regarding an incident familiar to college campuses across the country: sexual violence. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in […]
April 1, 2013 A bill introduced by Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, which would prevent some sex offenders from using a computer or accessing the Internet while in prison, was short one vote from a unanimous passing last week. Fifty-six of the 57 senators present for the March 25 session voted […]
March 27, 2014 As the state’s closure of four upstate prisons pushes forward, a group dedicated to closing prisons and boosting agriculture upstate is pushing for a bill that encourages state facilities to purchase locally grown products. The group Milk Not Jails staged a “picnic” on the Million Dollar Staircase […]
March 3, 2014 Brooklyn Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz says the state is “ill-equipped” to properly address the opiate addiction crisis in New York. This legislative session, Cymbrowitz, chair of the Assembly Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, is asking for increased funding to the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services […]
March 4, 2014 Parents, students and lawmakers are demanding equal funding for New York’s charter schools, sounding off against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans to charge rent, and recent revocation of co-locations for three city charters. Proponents of charter schools are enthusiastic over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s program […]
March 25, 2013 A recent poll by Quinnipiac University shows 30 percent of New York voters say Gov. Andrew Cuomo is, “dragging his feet … to avoid making a decision,” on natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Only 21 percent of voters polled indicate they believe he is, “carefully […]
SUNY New Paltz’s dietitian Evelyn Gezo is at it again! Take a moment to read over these simply delicious suggestions on how to incorporate an apple into your daily diet. The Hudson Valley is the epicenter for apple picking this time of year, so take advantage of our local options. […]
The rallies, the signs, the costumes, the anger – it seems the persistence of the controversial Tea Party movement in the last year is starting to pay off. In a shocking New York gubernatorial primary Tuesday night, Buffalo businessman and self-proclaimed “baseball bat” wielding candidate Carl Paladino beat the heavily […]
