The New York Racing Association today announced that CEO Charles Hayward and senior vice president and general counsel Patrick Kehoe have been put on administrative leave without pay, “pending further review.” The move comes after a report was released today by the state Racing and Wagering Board that alleged NYRA… Read More →
On the agenda for its committee meetings today, the Thruway Authority last week listed that it would authorize the “the executive director to prepare for toll rate adjustments.” And then poof, today it was gone. It wasn’t addressed in the committee meetings at all, nor was the reason for it… Read More →
U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey and abortion rights advocates called today on Westchester legislators to pass legislation beefing up protections for people entering reproductive health clinics that provide abortions. The legislation, which advocates say would fix problems with the state and federal laws and taylor them to suburban conditions, will be… Read More →
The state Senate is set to pass a legislative ban on synthetic marijuana, which supporters say would increase the strength of a regulatory ban shepherded by the Cuomo administration last month. The bill, sponsored by Long Island Republican John Flanagan, appears headed for passage in the Senate today. It would… Read More →
A bill to protect transgender people under the State Human Rights Law is expected to pass the Democratic-led Assembly today for the fifth time in as many years. The Assembly has passed the measure every year since 2008, but it has yet to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate. Supporters have… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that he named leading education officials to a New York Education Reform Commission to look at ways to improve the state’s education system. The group will be chaired by Richard Parsons, the retired chairman of Citigroup. Cuomo said the “mandate before this commission is broad.”... Read More →
Some of the younger members of the anti-hydrofracking community voiced their concerns at a rally in the Capitol on Monday, Gannett’s Aaron Scholder reports. Members of a summit of 150 youth leaders in the state, known as Power Shift New York, marched through the building to chant at Gov. Andrew… Read More →
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued his final report on the recently expired 2011-12 state budget, finding that it effectively closed a spending gap despite weak economic conditions. But he warned that a slow-recovering economy could cause problems in the future. DiNapoli released the final of his quarterly reports on the… Read More →
After state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs seemed to all but back Sean Patrick Maloney over the other four Democrats seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth, as reported by Capital Tonight, one of those other Democrats again argued that donations from the district showed more local support for him… Read More →
New York Racing Association executives knowingly kept a higher percentage of “exotic” bets than they were legally allowing, withholding about $8.5 million from bettors, according to a new report from the state Racing and Wagering Board. After a state law expired in 2010, NYRA was only supposed to keep 25… Read More →
