New Legislation will Authorize More Locations to Research, Grow and Process Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity Governor to Host New York’s First-Ever Industrial Hemp Summit in the Southern Tier Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced new actions to grow New York’s burgeoning industrial hemp industry. Building on the success of the State’s Industrial Hemp Agricultural […]
BY KATHY KAHN Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pitching the Excelsior Scholarship program to state lawmakers, partnering with former Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) as the pair debuted the free tuition program on January 4. The cost to implement to the program is calculated to be $163 million per year by 2019. Nearly 1 million college-bound […]
PRESS RELEASE- New York state government has become addicted to more than $4 billion in taxes and surcharges that drive up healthcare costs, according to a new report from the Empire Center for Public Policy. The report, “Hooked on HCRA,” examines the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA), which was adopted by the state Legislature in […]
PRESS RELEASE- Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) announced Wednesday her appointment by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to the Assembly Education Committee. “As a strong advocate for public education, my top priorities this legislative session will continue to be significant funding for public schools and ensuring all children, from Pre-K through college, get an equal, high-quality education […]
PRESS RELEASE — Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) has been appointed chair of the Senate’s Consumer Protection Committee he announced this week. “Any business, utility or corporation that takes advantage of its consumers is put on notice that scams and injustice will not be tolerated. Making sure that consumers and businesses have an honest relationship is […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT In this Ombudsman’s first article on the the massive $24 billion Gateway Project published on November 24, 2016, its title was “Rebuilding Our Crumbling Tunnels” and referred to the decrepit railroad tunnels built under the Hudson river more than 108 years’ ago and comprised the vital rail transportation links between New […]