Newsletters

Click on the links below to read our newsletters for updates covering New York State and City Government. Publications are released every week.

This Week In New York

January 13, 2023

January 13, 2023

In the News-New York State Governor Hochul Delivers NY’s 2023 State of the State Address Governor Kathy Hochul this week delivered the 2023 State of the State address, outlining her plan for Achieving the New York Dream and pledging to make New York “more affordable, more livable and safer.” Over the course of the 277 […] Read More

January 6, 2023

January 6, 2023

In the News-New York State Governor Hochul is the 57th Governor of New York New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on January 1st, 2023. She is the first woman elected Governor of the State of New York. In her inaugural speech, in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, […] Read More

April 1, 2021

April 1, 2021

New York State

  • NYS Legalizes Adult-Use Cannabis
  • Chapters of the Laws of 2021
  • COVID-19 UPDATES

New York City

  • MTA Ready to “Hit the Ground Running” on Congestion Pricing Following U.S. D.O.T. Direction

Briefs 

  • NYS Misses Budget Deadline
  • Governor Signs Nursing Home Visitation Bill
  • Attorney General James Scores Victory for Thousands of Elderly New Yorkers
  • De Blasio Administration Announces Clean Streets Initiatives
  • Mayor de Blasio Appoints Marcos Gonzalez Soler to Head Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice

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March 26, 2021

March 26, 2021

New York State

  • Cuomo Administration Revises Nursing Home Visitation Guidance
  • COVID-19 UPDATES

New York City

  • Mayor de Blasio Announces NYC Racial Justice Commission
  • Bills Approved by the City Council

Briefs 

  • U.S. Senate Passes Extension to Paycheck Protection Program Deadline Now May 31, 2021
  • NYS Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street’s 2020 Bonuses Rose Amid Volatility
  • Attorney General James Ensures Delivery of Approximately $76 Million in Rebates to 4 Million New Yorkers Charged Fees for Sports Programming Never Provided During COVID-19 Pandemic
  • State Launches Citizen Public Health Training Program to Educate New Yorkers as Public Health Leaders
  • City Council Approves New York Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan

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March 19, 2021

March 19, 2021

New York State

  • NYS Senate and Assembly Advance One-House Budgets
  • Senate and Assembly Tax Plans
  • COVID-19 UPDATES

New York City

  • Mayor de Blasio, Labor Unions, Industry Leaders, and Advocates Call on the State to Pass Community Hiring Legislation
  • City Council Calls for Passage of Legislation to Eliminate Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Carve-Out
  • Bills Approved by the City Council

Briefs 

  • Comptroller DiNapoli: February Local Sales Tax Collections Down 4.2 Percent; Year Over Year Decline Narrows
  • NYC Expands Tele-Mental Health Services to Address Disparate Impact of Covid-19 on Communities of Color
  • Mayor de Blasio Names John Scrivani as Expected Emergency Management Commissioner

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