Several upstate county clerks oppose the state Department of Motor Vehicles administrative decision to remove the requirement for a vision test to get a driver’s license renewal. They are calling on the DMV to reverse its decision. Meanwhile, Assemblyman Bill Reilich, R-Greece, Monroe County, is submitting legislation to reinstate the… Read More →
Fifty-seven percent of New Yorkers support a constitutional amendment to permit non-Indian casinos in the state, according to a Siena Research Poll released today. Thirty-six percent said they oppose a constitutional amendment and 7 percent didn’t know or refused to answer. Seventy-eight percent said legalizing casinos would create thousands of… Read More →
As media speculation continues to rampantly swirl around New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and whatever presidential aspirations he may hold, former New York Gov. George Pataki has a message for the tough-talking Republican: Run! Pataki, who himself flirted with throwing his hat into the 2012 Republican primary before deciding against… Read More →
Arlea Igoe, secretary/treasurer for the Public Employees Federation, explained in a question-and-answer session with reporters today that the union believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a responsibility under state law to return to the bargaining table. PEF voted down its tentative five-year contract yesterday, and the governor has responded, as promised,... Read More →
Legislator Judy Myers, a Democrat in District 7 on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, holds a 13-vote lead over her Republican challenger Suzanna Keith for the Independence line. As of this afternoon, Myers had 75 votes to Keith’s 62, according to unofficial numbers provided by the Board of Elections…. Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration just released the list of nearly 3,500 layoffs that are going forward as a result of the Public Employee Federation’s rejection of the tentative five-year contract yesterday. The Office of Mental Health and Department of Correctional Services are the hardest hit: 643 mental-health workers are being… Read More →
Shocking, I know, but environmental and natural-gas industry groups are coming down on different sides of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposed regulations for high-volume hydrofracking in New York. A coalition of conservation groups—they call themselves the “New York Water Rangers”—said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, which includes the DEC,... Read More →
Former President Bill Clinton yesterday weighed in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts at creating regional economic councils, saying the move has increased confidence among outsiders in New York’s government. Clinton was speaking at an economic conference that included Cuomo announcing plans by tech companies to invest more than $4 billion… Read More →
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the blunt Republican whose efforts to lessen taxpayers’ burdens have made headlines across the nation, continues to stand firm that he is not going to seek his party’s nomination for president in 2012. Do you think he should enter the race? Do you think he’d… Read More →
The state Health Department overpaid nursing homes by an estimated $42 million in Medicaid funding during a 44-month period that ended Aug. 31, 2010, according to an audit released today by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The reason for the overpayments is many health-care providers aren’t collecting money from patients’ sources… Read More →
