What: Ilan Schoenberger will be officially kicking off his grassroots campaign this Sunday. Over 50 supporters will gather along with press and voters to hear a speech from Ilan. Two significant endorsers will also be in attendance to officially announce their support for Ilan. When: THIS Sunday June 9, 4 p.m. Where: Friends of Ilan Schoenberger HQ, `29 […]
Governor says bill merely codifies Roe v. Wade BY MICHAEL RICONDA The New York State Legislature is currently considering the Reproductive Health Act (S-348), which Democrats say would bring New York up to current federal reproductive health standards, but has also raised red flags in the minds of many Republcans and anti-abortion activists for ambiguities […]
Press release from Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-New City) announced last week that a bill he co-sponsored, which requires testing of newborns for critical congenital heart defects through pulse oximetry screening (A.2316-B), passed the Assembly. “These screenings are low-cost, non-invasive, painless, and take only one minute to perform. We have the technology to […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The County Legislature recently re-awarded a much-contested $70 million bus contract to Brega Transportation Corp., but questions remain from critics as to whether the company can handle a contract of this size. In an interview with the Rockland County Times, an anonymous source close to the situation claimed the […]
NYC-tabloid Daily News chose to play up an embarrassing email conveniently omitted from the state Senate’s Ethics Committee investigation into Vito Lopez, which seemed to suggest Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver not only had worked against a full investigation of Lopez’s misbehavior, but also had a flirtatious relationship of his own with his top aide. In […]
Bill advances to increase teen pre-enrollment The Democratic Party continues to be successful nationwide and in New York with efforts to change electoral laws so that enrollment and voter participating by sympathetic demographics increase. Republicans have failed to keep pace with their liberal counterparts on these vote-positive efforts, such as by passing laws to encourage […]