CARLUCCI PRESS RELEASE ALBANY, NY – Monday, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), Chair of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that the state Senate has passed many of his original legislative proposals that will provide significant investments into new and existing programs that will benefit our most vulnerable populations. This was accomplished while […]
CUOMO BUDGET PRESS RELEASE An agreement has been reached on the 2014-15 State Budget and all budget bills have been printed. The Budget holds spending growth below two percent for the fourth consecutive year, continuing a record of fiscal discipline that has reversed decades of state budgets where spending grew at a higher rate than […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN SKOUFIS Assemblyman Skoufis (D-Woodbury) said, “This year’s budget tackles property taxes for Hudson Valley families while making our region more affordable and business-friendly. At the same time, we provide our region’s schools with much-needed funding and address student privacy concerns.” Property tax relief in the form of a direct check will […]
GOTHAMIST An allegedly gender-segregated park run by a Hasidic enclave in Orange County will now be subject to strict NYCLU and ACLU oversight, thanks to a lawsuit that was settled this week. Last year, both the NYCLU and ACLU sued Satmar-run village Kiryas Joel, an enclave in Monroe, NY, claiming that the village had been requiring […]
Press Release from The Center for Education Reform WASHINGTON, DC – The New York Legislature, together with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, crafted a budget passing late Monday night that financially favors a select few charter schools in New York City rather than giving charter schools – and the students they serve – statewide equitable treatment. “Claims that […]
DAILY NEWS A du Pont family heir who pleaded guilty nearly six years ago to raping his 3-year-old daughter was never put behind bars because a Delaware judge ruled he “would not fare well” in prison, court records show. Robert H. Richards IV — scion of the family who built the chemical empire and kin […]