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RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE DISPARITY MUST BE FIXED Column by Senator Dan Stec – February 4, 2021 The governor’s promise almost five years ago of high-speed broadband for all remains unfulfilled.  Having heard frustrated pleas from families, businesses, schools and many others, my colleagues and I proposed legislation last year to drill down into this problem […]

Source: Missed broadband connections could mean missed opportunities for North Country | NCPR News

Senator Dan Stec (R,C,I-Queensbury) and Assemblymember Matt Simpson (R,C,I-Horicon) are urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to initiate the planning process for the safe opening of sleepaway summer camps this year. Day camps were able to open last summer with guidance from the State Department of Health.  Sleepaway camps, however, were prohibited, which negatively impacted young campers […]

Source: NY lawmakers’ plan prison visits to assess COVID crisis – New York Daily News

Earlier today New York Attorney General Letitia James released a searing report that found the state Department of Health underreported nursing home deaths related to the coronavirus by as much as 50 percent.  (Click here to review the report)  State Senator Dan Stec issued this statement:  “All New Yorkers, and especially those who suffered the […]

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Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that he helped pass legislation to support small businesses by excluding unemployment charges due to COVID-19 from being used to calculate an employer’s experience rating (A.2001). “The necessary shutdowns and restrictions put in place to help us battle COVID-19 have had adverse effects on many small businesses in the […]

Source: ‘Painful’ cuts proposed in pensions for teachers, state employees – VTDigger

Source: Adirondack conservation groups bring priorities to Albany – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: State workers’ raises may be deferred until 2023

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Source: Local lawmakers critical of Cuomo’s State of State | Sun Community News ALBANY | Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his annual state of the state speech over four days, outlining his administrations agenda for the new year.

Source: Activists, lawmakers announce campaign to pass two parole reform bills

Source: Adirondack lawmakers wary of adding clean air and water to state bill of rights | Adirondack Explorer

Source: Assemblyman Billy Jones | 2021 Legislative Priorities | MLJ Interview – Mountain Lake PBS

January 12, 2021. Following new guidance from the CDC, New York is now including individuals age 65 and up as eligible to schedule appointments to receive the vaccine. Immunocompromised New Yorkers are also eligible to receive the vaccine. We are working with the CDC on how to best define the immunocompromised category. In the meantime, […]

Issued 1/11/21 “Today, the governor outlined his future plans for New Yorkers in his State of the State address. From expanding access to telehealth services statewide to reforming our election system, I’m eager to build upon what was laid out today and fight to ensure the needs and concerns of North Country families are heard […]

“Today, the governor outlined his future plans for New Yorkers in his State of the State address. From expanding access to telehealth services statewide to reforming our election system, I’m eager to build upon what was laid out today and fight to ensure the needs and concerns of North Country families are heard loud and […]

Senator Dan Stec (R,C,I-Queensbury) today said in reaction to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State Address that the focus needs to be on resetting New York’s economy to create economic activity, jobs and revenue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. To do that, Stec said the State Legislature needs to begin convening legislative session […]

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Will also be ranking member on Senate Children and Families Committee   State Senator Dan Stec (R,C,I-Queensbury) today announced that he has been appointed the Ranking Republican on the Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee for the 2021 Legislative Session.   Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt made the appointment Wednesday, which marked the first day of session […]

Phase 1a of vaccine distribution prioritized healthcare workers and was distributed by local hospitals, and they continue to distribute the vaccine to the best of their abilities. Nursing homes were being vaccinated through a federal program that is underway, but New York is in the process of stepping in to make sure that all nursing […]