Tag Archives: New York state

Cuomo May Sue Over NY’s Loss Of US House Seat

Bloomberg News reports: Census Bureau figures released Monday found New York missed a threshold for keeping all its 27 seats in the House of Representatives starting in 2022. In news release, Cuomo said he would ask Attorney General Letitia James to explore avenues of legal relief. At the press briefing, Cuomo shifted blame onto former President Donald Trump’s administration, which …

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New York To Repeal Cuomo’s “Food With Booze” Order

NY1 reports: The state legislature is moving to repeal a requirement that forces bar and restaurant customers to order food with their drink orders. The rule was imposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the height of the pandemic last year, and quickly got attacked by critics as arbitrary and not based in science. Some restaurants and bars began asking customers …

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Cuomo Raises Capacities For Offices, Gyms, Stadiums

Gothamist reports: The governor said the move was prompted by the increase in vaccinations and the downward trend in the rate of positive COVID-19 tests statewide, citing the lowest mark since Thanksgiving. Starting on May 15th, offices will be allowed to function at 75% capacity, up from 50%. Casinos will be able to get half full instead of operating at …

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SCOTUS To Hear Challenge To NY Concealed Carry Law

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to New York’s gun licensing requirements that could expand protections for carrying concealed weapons in public, putting a major Second Amendment dispute on the docket for the first time in years. The nation’s highest court overruled handgun bans in Washington and Chicago in 2008 and 2010 in two …

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NY And NYC Bills Would Ban Hiring Disgraced Cops

Gothamist reports: Days after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd, city and state officials plan to introduce a similar bills that would prevent police officers who’ve been fired or disciplined from joining any other department in the state. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson made the announcement at the National …

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Lawmakers Seek To Extend NY Eviction Moratorium

Gothamist reports: Nearly one week before the state’s eviction moratorium is set to expire, two state lawmakers have introduced a bill to extend the deadline to August 31st, aiming to provide further relief to New Yorkers who continue struggling to pay rent. “This will keep people from being thrown out onto the streets,” Assemblymember Jeff Dinowitz, a sponsor of the …

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Giuliani’s Son Seeks Trump’s Nod For NY Governor

CNN reports: Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and a former public liaison official inside the Trump White House, will meet with the former President at Mar-a-Lago next week as he finalizes his plans to launch a campaign for New York governor. “I will be down there next week for a two to three-day …

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Mass Shooting At NY Grocery Store, Gunman On Run

NBC New York reports: Three people were shot at a Stop & Shop grocery store in West Hempstead on Tuesday, law enforcement sources tell News 4, and the suspect in the attack remained at large as of early afternoon. One of the victims is believed dead and two others are injured. The suspect is thought to have fled after the …

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Trump: NY Tax Law Doesn’t Apply, I’m Not President

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump said a New York law enabling Congress to ask for his state tax returns no longer applies because he isn’t president. The law, known as the Trust Act, allows the state to share the president’s tax information with a congressional committee that asks for it. Trump sued the House and Ways and Means Committee to …

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Cuomo Extends Food-With-Booze Rule Thru May 6th

New York Upstate reports: The statewide 11 p.m. curfew for bars and restaurants serving alcohol has been extended until May 6, despite the recent relaxing of other Covid-19 restrictions. Gov. Andrew Cuomo included the 11 p.m. closing time in a series of extensions to Covid-related executive orders that had been set to expire on Tuesday (April 6). In addition to …

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NY Budgets $800M For Small Business Rent Grants

Gothamist reports: Restaurants and shops that fell behind on their rent and other expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be able to apply for additional grants. New York’s new state budget includes $800 million in direct cash assistance for small businesses. State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein [photo] of Manhattan, who had been lobbying for the aid, said the package sets …

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GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin Launches Bid For New York Gov

NBC News reports: Rep. Lee Zeldin announced Thursday that he is running for governor of New York in 2022, becoming the first high-profile Republican to launch a challenge to embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Zeldin, 41, who has represented eastern Long Island since 2015, shared his decision on Fox News and posted it on Twitter, saying that to save …

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Hate Group Sues To Overturn NY LGBT Protections

The Christian Post reports: A Christian wedding photographer has filed a complaint against New York over a state law that requires her to service same-sex wedding ceremonies despite her religious objections. Emilee Carpenter of Emilee Carpenter Photography sued multiple state officials, with the lawsuit being filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. …

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Giuliani’s Son To Challenge Cuomo For New York Gov

The Washington Examiner reports: Andrew Giuliani, a former top aide to President Donald Trump and son of “America’s Mayor,” is “heavily considering” a bid for governor of New York in 2022, potentially setting up an epic clash between the two biggest political families in recent New York history. “I plan to run,” Giuliani told Secrets. “Outside of anybody named Trump, …

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NRA Head: I Hid On A Yacht After Mass Shootings

The New York Daily News reports: NRA leader Wayne LaPierre says he faced an unprecedented “security threat” in the wake of bloody rampages at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut and a Parkland, Fla., high school — and had to seek refuge aboard his Hollywood producer pal’s 108-foot yacht. In a chutzpah-rich deposition, the politically powerful gun-rights advocate said the fancy …

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GOP New York Pol Resigns After Anti-Gay Comments

Albany’s ABC News affiliate reports: Albany County Legislator George Langdon, who represents the 37th legislative district, has announced his resignation. Langdon’s resignation followed a Friday night rally calling on Langdon to resign. He’d previously apologized for comments that offended many locals. “Apology not accepted!” chanted protestors at Friday’s demonstration. Langdon was caught on video last week making homophobic comments during …

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New York Republican Suggests Putting All Gays On An Island Since “They’ll Be Gone After 40 Years” [VIDEO]

“Everything God does is sustainable. It’s sustainable! It goes on and on and on. It’s perpetual. Sorry, when you have homosexual relationships, it’s not perpetual. Give them an island, they’ll be gone after 40 years. “Okay? Because they can’t. God created us to be this way! There’s so much common sense that needs to be applied to our policies, our …

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NYPD Chief Concerned About Weed Smoking In Public

The New York Daily News reports: “I hope I’m missing something but it appears (the bill) is legalizing the smoking of marijuana outside,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. “That’s not something that most other states did. They legalized marijuana but it was still illegal to smoke outside and in public.” The NYPD fields “10s of 10s of 10s of thousands” …

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Cuomo Gets Legal Weed Bill Over GOP Objections

The New York Daily News reports: New York state lawmakers approved legislation legalizing adult use marijuana Tuesday after debating in blunt terms the benefits and pitfalls of pot. The bill, passed by both the Democratic-led Senate and Assembly, removes cannabis from the list of controlled substances and will eventually legalize, tax and regulate recreational pot for adults over 21. Many …

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Court: NY Must Offer Vax To All Prisoners Immediately

The New York Times reports: New York must immediately begin to offer Covid vaccines to all incarcerated people in the state’s prisons and jails, a judge ruled on Monday, making the state one of few in the nation to provide doses to such a broad population behind bars. The order, the first involving any of the country’s largest correctional systems, …

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