ALBANY - There’s just a couple of days remaining for lawmakers in Albany to agree on and finalize an on-time state budget. April 1 is the deadline for the 2016-17 state budget. This week the process is focused on Assembly leader Carl Heastie and … [Read more...]
Latest State Rail Inspection Includes CSX Section in Ripley, Location of March 1 Derailment
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the successful completion of another round of crude oil tank car and rail inspections, with one of them taking place here in Chautauqua County. The inspections are intended to improve public safety and … [Read more...]
Cuomo Calls Bans All Non-Essential State Travel to North Carolina
ALBANY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review all requests for state … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Legalizing Professional Mixed Martial Arts
ALBANY - The State Assembly has voted to legalize mixed martial arts, clearing the way for fights late this year and expanding the combat sport into the last state to still prohibit it. Governor Andrew Cuomo supports legalizing the combination of … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Focus on Completing State Budget Before April 1 Deadline
ALBANY - Both houses of the New York State Legislature have each passed their individual budget resolutions. On Monday, members of the Republican controlled State Senate and the Democratic controlled State Assembly approved their spending bills … [Read more...]
Paid Family Leave Could Be in Final State Budget but not Minimum Wage Hike
ALBANY - While the Senate and the Assembly have spent nearly the past two months working on their respective budgets, Governor Andrew Cuomo has spent much of his time stumping for legislation on two social issues that could come to fruition in coming … [Read more...]
UC Berkley Study Says Raising NY Minimum Wage has More Benefits than Drawbacks
ALBANY - A new report by economists at the University of California-Berkeley predicts that raising New York state's minimum wage to $15 would improve the living standards of more than 3 million people, far outweighing what the report calls a "small" … [Read more...]
Patriotic Millionaires Announce Support of Closing Carried Interest Loophole
ALBANY - A group of millionaires is on board with higher taxes on the rich. Patriotic Millionaires, a group of self-described high-net-worth Americans, is backing a proposal in Albany that would close the so-called carried interest … [Read more...]
Governor Announces Independent Pharmacies to Sell Naloxone Over the Counter
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo Wednesday announced independent pharmacies across the state will now be able to provide naloxone to their customers without a prescription. Naloxone – also known as Narcan® -- is a medication that reverses opioid … [Read more...]
Effort to Contain Ethanol Spill Underway Following Train Derailment in Ripley
RIPLY, NY - There’s been a train derailment in Chautauqua County. Dozens of people were forced out of their homes in Ripley Tuesday night after a train derailment triggered an ethanol spill. A statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo says 15 rail … [Read more...]
