5 Borough Housing Movement Gets Key Support From Four Elected Officials as Budget Deadline Looms
Reps. Meeks, Espaillat, Torres and Manhattan BP Levine Say Office Conversions to Housing Crucial to Future Growth of New York...
Steve Cohen Releases Community Feedback From First Series of Listening Sessions
98% of Participants Want To Build Something Great vs Keeping 50 Acres of Asphalt Read the report HERE Watch the...
Commission On Ethics and Lobbying in Government Announces Key Staff Appointments
Filling Critical Positions with Experienced, Dedicated Public Servants Advances Fulfillment of Oversight, Compliance, Training & Enforcement Efforts, Improves Transparency ALBANY,...
I’ll Keep On Writing
About a week ago, I wrote that I might not be writing every week. The key word there is “might.”...
Statement From Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris On Senate Defeat Of Chief Judge Nomination
ALBANY, N.Y – Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris issued this statement following the defeat of the nomination of Hector LaSalle...
Nearly 80% of NYC’s Nursing Homes – and Over Half of NY State’s – Got Zero Visits from Oversight Program: Report
2022 Data Show Continued Failure of NY State to Adequately Fund Program Tasked with Protecting Vulnerable Residents ALBANY, N.Y. –...
Veteran Westchester Political Strategist And Lobbyist Joins Willett Public Affairs
Willett Public Affairs Will Grow into the Lower Hudson Valley’s Preeminent Government Relations Consulting Firm Willett Public Affairs (Willett) has...
A simple way Albany can ease the dire nursing shortage
By 2030, New York is projected to face a shortage of almost 40,000 nurses. Health care industry experts have been...
Compromise in the Selection of a Chief Judge
The process of appointing of a chief judge has taken on an adversarial quality that feels unseemly. Does the State...
We Have the Right to Live Our Lives with Dignity and to Die with Dignity As Well
It wasn’t a scream. It wasn’t a cry. It was this penetrating moan. It was a moan that never stopped....
I have decided only to write when the spirit moves me. Frankly, I don’t know when that will be.
I’ve been writing columns for many years. One such column was meant to be state-wide in New York and the...
Why New York’s THC Potency Tax Needs to Go
You likely know that New York State has started adult-use cannabis sales. Perhaps you’ve heard that adult-use cannabis is subject...
Partnership survey finds increasing number of Manhattan office workers are back in the workplace; 82% of office employers plan to maintain or expand their New York City footprint
The Partnership for New York City surveyed more than 140 major Manhattan office employers between January 5 and January 28,...
Industry Groups Oppose Statewide Flavored Tobacco Ban and Tax Increase on Cigarettes In New York State
ALBANY, NY –Industry groups throughout New York State are opposing Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal that would implement a statewide ban...
ACS CAN Reacts to Governor Hochul’s 2023-24 Executive Budget Proposal
Governor takes historic step in tobacco use prevention & misses opportunity in cancer screening ALBANY, NY – FEBRUARY 1, 2023...
Rewiring America applauds Governor Hochul’s proposed cap-and-invest program
New York would be the second state to join over 100 cities, counties, towns and villages electrifying new buildings Albany,...
Governor’s Budget Proposal Includes Relief for NY’s Fastest-Growing Age Group But Misses Key Opportunities
AARP Urges More Support for Family Caregivers & Home Care, ‘Data Matching’ for Older NY’ers, Removal of ‘Age Cap’ for...
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING — BELMONT MODERNIZATION: Elected Officials, Organized Labor, and Business Leaders Applaud Governor Hochul for Including Project to Modernize Belmont Park in FY24 Budget Proposal
NEW YORK – Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her support for the project to modernize Belmont Park, one of the...
Gov. Hochul’s Budget Fails to Fund Crumbling Roads & Bridges
Fred Hiffa from Rebuild New York Now offered the following quote on Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget: “It’s no secret that...
