ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday said he will issue an Executive Order allowing the state to redistribute ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) from in-state institutions that don't currently need them and redeploy the equipment to … [Read more...]
State Legislature Approves Budget that Contains Numerous Reforms, Keeps Education Funding Flat
ALBANY - State lawmakers have passed a budget for the new fiscal year on Thursday. Under the budget, all funds spending is estimated to total approximately $177 billion and state operating spending is authorized up to $105.8 billion. However in … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – NY Senator George Borrello: COVID-19 Update – March 25, 2020
AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD WRFA’s Jason Sample talks with Sen. George Borrello to get an update on the COVID-19 State of Emergency and the impact it has had on the state, along with an update on the State Budget, which is due on April 1, … [Read more...]
State Legislature Approves Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill, Borrello Votes “No”
ALBANY - The State Senate and Assembly has overwhelmingly passed an emergency paid sick leave bill, giving mandatory sick leave for many employees with COVID-19 or under government-order quarantine related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Debate on two … [Read more...]
Borrello, Assembly Colleagues Urge Governor to Utilize Recently Closed Lakeshore Hospital
ALBANY - With COVID-19 continuing to spread and Governor Andrew Cuomo targeting a potential need for additional hospital beds, Senator Borrello and his legislative colleagues, Assemblymen Joseph Giglio and Andy Goodell, made an official request to … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Senator George Borrello: March 5, 2020 Interview
AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD WRFA's Jason Sample talks with State Senator George Borrello to discuss the State Budget, Bail Reform, Transportation funding, and several other state issues that have an impact on residents in Chautauqua … [Read more...]
Cuomo Calls for $40 Million in Emergency Funding to Deal with Coronavirus, Directs Health Insurers to Waive Testing Costs
ALBANY - State health officials had been preparing for the coronavirus in New York even before the first case was detected over the weekend. That's from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said it wasn't a matter of "if" but "when" COVID-19 would appear in … [Read more...]
State Senate Republican Task Force Holds First ‘Repeal Bail Reform’ Hearing
BUFFALO - A Repeal Bail Reform Task Force established by Republicans in the state senate held the first of a series of statewide hearings Thursday in Buffalo, focusing on the impact criminal justice reforms have had on law enforcement and public … [Read more...]
Republican Senate Task Force to Host First Hearing Thursday on Repeal of Bail Reform
Hearing will be live streamed on Facebook starting at 2 p.m. BUFFALO - Republicans from the New York State Senate will hold their first Repeal Bail Reform Task Force hearing Thursday afternoon in Buffalo. Chaired by Sen. George Borrello … [Read more...]
Rally Held at North County Hospital that Is Slated for Closure
IRVING - A coalition of community leaders, healthcare workers, and elected officials gathered at a press conference and rally Friday in Irving to call on the Board of Directors and administration of TLC/Lakeshore hospital to cease its move towards … [Read more...]
