Counties Applaud Heroin Antidote Bill Passed in the Senate

NYSAC PRESS RELEASE County leaders applaud the State Senate for passing legislation designed to reduce the number of deaths cause by heroin overdose. The bill, (S6477B), sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, allows authorized health care professionals to issue non-patient specific orders for Naloxone, an antidote that works to prevent accidental overdose death from heroin and […]

Something New to Ban: Leg. Aney Paul wants E-Cigs strictly regulated

Something New to Ban: Leg. Aney Paul wants E-Cigs strictly regulated

At Leg. Aney Paul’s urging, Legislature requests more information on emerging trend. Leg. Jobson resists proposed nanny state measure BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY โ€“ The rise of e-cigarettes has stoked both optimism and concern nationwide. Optimism that the smoking option can help long time puffers quit the habit, and concern that the cigarettes have […]

Stony Point Town Workers Gather at Board Meeting to Demand Perks and Privileges

Basile’s incentive plan for emergency workers turns into Finn’s political giveaway BY CHERYL SLAVIN Tuesday nightโ€™s meeting of the Stony Point Town Board opened with Kathy Kivlehan, the Townโ€™s Zoning Board Clerk, expressing the dismay and anger she said all the town workers felt at the Boardโ€™s decision to not discuss a resolution extending a […]

Smokers’ Rights Group Files Suit to Stop NYC Electronic Cigarette (E-Cig) Ban

PRESS RELEASE FROM CLASH Tuesday, NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (C.L.A.S.H.) and advocate Russ Wishtart, through their attorneys Joshpe Law Group, filed a lawsuit against New York City and the New York City Council seeking to overturn the public ban on electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). The bill, which bans e-cigs wherever conventional smoking has been […]