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“…New Yorkers will get 20 hours of paid time off from work for healthcare appointments during pregnancy.” Click here for the NCPR story 

Speaker Carl Heastie and Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Deborah J. Glick today announced that the Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Budget invests $2.5 billion in funding for the environment, including $400 million for the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). “Safeguarding the environmental health and natural resources of our state remains a vital […]

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Brooklyn-NY…“Anyone who views this state budget as a victory is deluding themselves. It’s too expensive, too expansive, too progressive, and too self-serving for the Democratic Party. The People of New York deserve to be outraged. “Governor Hochul, who loves to claim victory by saying how much worse her budgets could have been, has again done […]

“We finally have a budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. I will say this budget season has been very frustrating, but we do have a spending plan. I am pleased to deliver funding for many organizations in my district that promote economic development, agriculture, recreation, and veteran services.            “I am glad that we were able […]

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The governor granted the authority to close up to five state prisons with a 90-day notice Click here for the FingerLakes1.com story 

This story reads like a Governor Hochul Press Release  Study establishes goals and strategies for a grid using multiple power sources Click here for the Sun Community News story 

State Senator Dan Stec Press Release            Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury) today voted against the Public Protection and General Government Bill (S.8305-C) state budget bill and a measure in it that authorizes the closure of up to five correctional facilities statewide. During the debate on this bill, Senator Stec brought a hostile amendment to […]

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Official Democratic candidates for the City of Plattsburgh mayor are Dan Lennon and Wendell Hughes, who will face off in a primary; the Republican candidate is former mayor Don Kasprzak. Click here for the Press-Republican story 

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Nomination deadline is March 31  Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that nominations for his 2024 Women of Distinction Awards are underway. The Women of Distinction Awards are held annually and honor local women who have had significant positive impacts on their community and those around them. Awards will be given for various categories, such […]

            “From its quarter-trillion-dollar price tag to its misplaced priorities and failure to address major outstanding issues like the broken Tier Six pension system and our ongoing public safety crisis, the Senate one-house budget would put New York State in even more dire financial straits than it is currently in. “A recent comptroller report noted […]

Elise Stefanik News Release  Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik sent a letter urging the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to establish a center for outreach and educational efforts on the New York side of Lake Champlain in the North Country. The Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Great […]

Bill gives owner ByteDance 165 days to divest from TikTok, and if it does not app stores would be legally barred from hosting it Click here for The Guardian Story 

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