Darrell Camp
Reporter, New York NOW-
Members of New York’s Conservative Party, many of whom are also Republicans, held a press conference in Albany County on Monday, calling for a new mandatory minimum sentence for someone convicted of killing a police officer.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul convened a first-in-the-nation Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns Wednesday, bringing together representatives from nine states to drill down on New York’s recent rise in gun violence. The task force will include law enforcement leaders from New York, Rhodie Island, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
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The legislative package would cover a broad range of issues facing New Yorkers, from health care to housing.
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Republicans in the state legislature called for an end to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers on Wednesday, saying the indiscriminate spread of the Omicron variant has rendered the requirement moot.
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Republican members of the state Legislature focused largely on the proposed repeal of bail reform, a set of laws enacted last year that largely eliminated the use of cash bail for most nonviolent and lower-level charges.
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As COVID-19 numbers reach levels not seen since spring of 2020, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced new regulations for visitors at nursing homes. Visitors will have to wear surgical masks, as opposed to a cloth mask, and present a negative COVID test within 24 hours of the visit.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is not yet sharing what her administration’s approach will be when it comes to calls for additional changes to the state’s bail reform law.
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State lawmakers in New York are considering legislation that would eliminate fees and surcharges for court and probation, and prevent the garnishment of commissary accounts to pay those fees.
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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will replace Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said during her first public appearance since the governor’s resignation that she wouldn’t influence the Assembly’s decision whether to move forward with impeachment.
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State lawmakers heard testimony on Monday on how New York could integrate services from the Office of Addiction Services and the Office of Mental Health. Members of the Assembly held an hours-long meeting, speaking with stakeholders in the healthcare industry on what can be done to save the lives of people dealing with addiction and mental illness, which can at times be concurrent issues.