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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

June 14, 2019

June 14, 2019

New York State

  • Construction Workers Travel to Albany to Rally for Prevailing Wages
  • Attorney General James launches Multi-state Coalition to Block T-Mobile, Sprint Merger
  • Bills Passed by Both Houses
  • New York To Enact Permanent Rent Control Measures

New York City

  • Mayor de Blasio & Speaker Johnson Reach Early Handshake Agreement for FY2020 Budget
  • NYC Extends For-Hire Vehicle License Cap & Reduces Cruising by Empty Cars
  • Comptroller DiNapoli Audit Finds Gaps in NYC School Safety Planning

Briefs

  • Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Removing Non-Medical Exemptions from School Vaccination Requirements
  • Coalition Launches Ad Campaign in Favor of Hospital Charge Bill
  • Court Strikes Down Outside Income Restrictions on Legislators from State Pay Commission
  • IRS Finalizes Regulations SALT Workarounds
  • Assembly Passes Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act #GreenLightNY
  • NYC to Adopt School Diversity Advisory Group Recommendations
  • Supports, Not Summonses: de Blasio Administration Announces Pilot Initiative to Divert Homeless Individuals on The Subway from Unnecessary Court Processes

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June 7, 2019

June 7, 2019

New York State

  • Seven Days and Counting
  • Bills Passed by Both Houses

New York City

  • Hate Crimes Surge in NYC

Briefs

  • Governor Cuomo Calls Neo-Nazis What They Are: Domestic Terrorists
  • Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Climate Action Plan
  • Health Insurers Request 8.4% Average Rate Hike
  • Port Authority to Move Forward With Newark AirTrain, Terminal B replacement
  • DEC Asks Public to Report Moose Sightings
  • DEC Accepting Applications for Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants
  • More Than 50,000 New Yorkers Now Enrolled in Fair Fares Program
  • De Blasio Administration Seizing 46 Ice Cream Trucks Involved in Shell Company Scam to Dodge $4.5 Million in Traffic Violations
  • Subway Speeds Increase at 90 locations
  • Deanne B. Criswell Appointed Commissioner of NYC Emergency Management

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May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019

New York State

  • Carolyn Pokorny Confirmed as MTA Inspector General
  • Bills Passed by Both Houses

New York City 

  • NYC Unveils Paid Personal Leave Legislation

Briefs

  • Governor Outlines Top 10 End of Session Initiatives
  • Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Ending the Legal Ban on Gravity Knives
  • Public Advocate Call for a ‘Racial Impact Study’ for All Proposed Rezoning Plans
  • Attorney General James Sues New York City Property Manager for Illegally Deregulating Hundreds of Rent-Stabilized Apartments
  • New York City’s Amends Bail Reform Policy to Divert Teens from Jail

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May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

New York State

  • Appellate Court Finds Farmworkers Have Right to Unionize
  • Bills Passed by Both Houses

New York City

  • NYC Comptroller:  ThriveNYC’s Lack of Clarity Concerning

Briefs

  • Nick Langworthy to Replace Ed Cox as GOP State Chair
  • JCOPE Executive Director Agata Leaving
  • State Firefighters Push for Civilian & Fire Service Employees
  • Mayor de Blasio Signs Executive Order to Ensure Information About City Services Reaches All New Yorkers
  • City & State to Investigate Taxi Medallions
  • Speaker Johnson and Sanitation Committee Chair Reynoso Demand     $4.2 Million for Extra Litter Basket Collection in FY2020 Budget

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May 10, 2019

May 10, 2019

New York State

  • New York State Construction Industry Booming
  • Bills Passed by Both Houses
  • Cuomo Administration Appointments

New York City

  • Mayor DeBlasio Appoints Melanie La Rocca as Commissioner of the Department of Buildings
  • NYC Council Passes 17 Bills to Assist Tenants

Briefs

  • State Lawmakers Reach Agreement on School Bus Camera Bill
  • NY Faces Pipeline May 15th Deadline
  • State Lawmakers Plan Hearing on Single Payer Health Plan
  • Mayor de Blasio Unveils NYC Care Card, Details Progress Toward Launch of Guaranteed Health Care
  • NYC Expanding List of Crimes that Allow for ICE Cooperation

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