Tag Archives: NY Assembly

NY Assembly Votes Today

That vote is a done deal, of course. Meanwhile today state Senate Republicans met for four hours to discuss allowing a vote in their GOP-dominated chamber. The meeting ended with no decision. UPDATE: Gay City News reports on the Senate. The New York State Senate Republican majority conference emerged from a closed-door meeting today having failed to reach agreement on …

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Assemblyman Sam Hoyt For NY Marriage

Hoyt is the New York Assembly’s majority whip, the guy in charge of rounding up votes.

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NEW YORK: Daniel O’Donnell Introduces Marriage Equality Bill In State Assembly

Openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell yesterday once again introduced a marriage equality bill to his chamber. Similar bills authored by O’Donnell have passed in the Assembly several times in recent years. He writes via press release: “It is with great pride that I am introducing the Marriage Equality Act. Since the Assembly last passed the bill in 2009, …

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NEW YORK CITY: Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Tax Plastic Bags At 25 Cents

New York state Assemblyman Micah Kellner has introduced a bill that would impose a 25 cent tax on every plastic bag issued by New York City retailers. Every year the city sends 5.2 billion plastic bags to the landfill. “I want to make it a faux pas to be seen on the street with a plastic bag,” said Kellner, a …

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Bronx Pol: If You Tax Cigarettes Too Much, The Terrorists Have Won

A just-approved hike in the state tax on cigarettes will raise the cost to around $12/pack in NYC, prompting Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benjamin to claim that Gov. Paterson hates Israel. Because higher cigarette prices encourages bootlegging. Which is done by terrorists. “Criminals and terrorists will be further enticed to take advantage of the price differential between high tax and low …

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May 20th: Campaign Fundraiser For Openly Gay NY Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell

Openly gay New York Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell will hold a campaign fundraiser in NYC next Thursday. As regular readers know, it was O’Donnell who successfully guided the state’s marriage equality bill through the state Assembly. THREE TIMES, in fact. Embiggen the above image for details about next week’s fundraiser. You can also contribute to O’Donnell’s campaign via his ActBlue page. …

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Opt-Out Organ Donation For New York?

The New York Assembly is considering a bill that would require residents to opt-out of organ donation. Under the bill, all adults in the state would be enrolled as potential organ donors unless they specifically choose to decline. New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky nearly lost his daughter, Willie, at 4 years old when she needed a kidney transplant, and …

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New York Tries To Ban Salt

A bill sponsored by New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn) would prohibit “the use of salt by restaurants in the preparation of food by restaurants.” The penalty for salting food would be $1000, but as the linked story wryly notes, the bill doesn’t stipulate if that’s $1000 per pinch or per grain. Read the complete dumbass legislation here.

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