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JULY 30: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand embraces End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, a survivor of sexual assult at the University of North Carolina, during a news conference about new legislation aimed at curbing sexual assults on college and university campuses at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. With strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill would require schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys about campus assaults and impose significant financial burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the law's requirements.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday the receipt of $2.1 million in federal funding that is earmarked to increase developmental skills among children and decrease maternal depression in the Western New York and Long Island regions. The state's Council on Children and Families will partner with the New York State Department of Health and local agencies on the projects to ultimately develop a statewide model for screening children earlier for developmental delays, screening their mothers for depression, and to provide needed services sooner to promote long-term success.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites. . less New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed ... more New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y. Cuomo said Thursday the state would consider legal action if federal officials proceed with plans to expand dumping sites.
Prominent state Democrats are accusing Gov. Cuomo of directly contradicting Hillary Clinton's message of party unity by bringing his escalating war with Mayor de Blasio to the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. One senior Democrat told The Post that Cuomo's repeated snubbing of de Blasio at the convention had also "backfired on the governor'' and left many New York delegates convinced the governor "was petty and divisive at a time when we were all preaching party unity.'
Former Orange County Democratic Chairman Jonathan Jacobson gushed about the Democratic National Convention on Friday as he returned from it, calling it the most successful of the 11 presidential conventions he's attended in spite of the sharp party split that carried from the primary season into the four-day gala in Philadelphia. Jacobson, who was a delegate for Hillary Clinton, praised the acceptance speech she had given the previous night, saying Clinton had laid out a positive message while establishing a “clear contrast” with Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Drew Angerer New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
State Sen. Ruben Diaz will not remember the summer of 2016 fondly: The lawmaker has spent the past month recovering from a punishing round of surgeries to alleviate spinal problems. The latest installment of Diaz's "What You Should Know" email bulletins offers thanks to those who reached out with calls or visits during his time of distress - a bipartisan list that includes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Taiwanese ambassador, former Sen. Tom Duane and former John Sampson, who will be sentenced to prison later this month.
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness was marked in New York State in June following the state Senate's recent passing of a special resolution. "This is a victory for the 390,000 people with Alzheimer's disease in New York and their 1.1 million caregivers," said Jennifer Scheuermann, interim executive director of the Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter.
Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on Sunday to celebrate LGBT Pride Month and rally in support of the LGBT community following a mass shooting at gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida this month which left 49 victims dead . According to A.M. New York , this year's 46th annual Pride March was the largest in New York history, with some 32,000 marchers.
The New York City Pride Parade began Sunday with a moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub and honored them with a flag for each person killed in the attack. The parade was led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio with presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Rev.
New York's governor demanded an investigation Tuesday into allegations that a lane in one of the traffic-clogged tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey was shut down as a special favor to a politically connected businessman accused of paying bribes to police commanders. Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the inspector generals for both the state and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to conduct investigations to figure out what role, if any, the Port Authority played in allowing the closure at the Lincoln Tunnel.
Democrats Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams found common ground on almost every issue, especially the need for Washington to focus on helping the middle class, and each candidate brought their own pesonal story to the conversation. "I actually had to quit my job a few days before my son was born and go on WIC and food stamps to keep us healthy," said Colleen Deacon, a former staffer in Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's office.
It was nearly a year ago that the New York State political map was thrown for a loop. A special election for the New York 52nd State Senate seat would be needed, as Tom Libous would lose his trial, and with it his decades old position.
The New York State Senate Wednesday confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nominee to regulate the state's more than 1,500 insurance companies and nearly 1,600 banking and other financial institutions. Maria Vullo has served as Acting Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services since February, when she was nominated by Cuomo to lead the agency he created in 2011 in response to the banking crisis.
Vigils, rallies and marches are being held around the country Monday and later this week for the victims of the deadly attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Police in many areas have promised heightened security for the events, which come during Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
New York lawmakers are nearing the end of their 2016 session and it's looking like they will once again fail to address, in any significant way, the wave of corruption that has made Albany one of the nation's most crooked state capitals. So many lawmakers have been forced from office for alleged misconduct or crimes - including the former Assembly speaker and Senate leader in just the past year - that government reform advocates have taken to calling this Albany's "Watergate moment."
New York, NY, June 10, 2016 -- -- Policy makers, elected officials, advocates and community activists gathered for the 3rd Annual Legislative Breakfast on Friday morning, April 15th. This event strove to acknowledge the breadth of services and the impact OHEL makes in various communities and further break down various stigmas that often impede the decision to get help, most acutely in the area of mental illness.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signs a first-in-the-nation Executive Order directing the divestment of public funds supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel during a breakfast meeting at the Harvard Club. Afterwards, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stirred the immediate ire of human rights campaigners around the world on Sunday by signing an executive order calling for the creation of a "blacklist" that would track groups and individuals who support Palestinian rights through the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement known as BDS.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the state will be taking firm stance against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions movement. Rather than pursuing legislation, Cuomo signed an executive order directing state agencies to cease doing business with any group that associates itself with BDS protesters.