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

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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March 12, 2021

March 12, 2021

New York State

  • What it Means for NYS & its Localities
  • Covid-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Business Act of 2021 Enacted
  • Comptroller DiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
  • COVID-19 UPDATES

New York City

  • Pediatric Peer-Reviewed Study: Low Covid-19 Transmission in NYC Schools
  • De Blasio Administration Looks to Zoning Changes to Increase Food Access, Transit Accessibility, & Small Business Growth

Briefs 

  • Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Authorizes Assembly Judiciary Committee to Begin Impeachment Investigation into Governor Cuomo
  • Beth Garvey Appointed Acting Counsel to the Governor
  • Governor Signs Legislation Scaling Back Emergency Powers
  • Mayor de Blasio Announces Taxi Medallion Owner-Driver Relief Fund

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March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021

New York State

  • Governor & Legislature Agree on Revenue Figures
  • Legislature Passes Legislation to Scale Back Governor's Emergency Powers
  • COVID-19 UPDATES

New York City

  • NYC Announces New Measures to Hold Landlords Accountable for Dangerous Conditions

Briefs 

  • Regulations Adopted to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects Across New York State
  • NYS Releases RFP to Develop Javits “Site K” on Manhattan Far West Side
  • City Begins Vaccination for Homebound New Yorkers
  • NYPD Launches Graffiti Remediation Program
  • Mayor de Blasio Appoints Nancy Pascal as Director of the Office of Faith and Community Partnerships
  • Teamsters Local 237 Asks New Yorkers to Help Keep Safety Agents in Schools

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