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Dec 27, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade
(The Center Square) — Large fossil fuel companies will be required to pony up money to New York state for alleged damages caused by climate change under a bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Critics say the move will stifle innovation and drive up costs for energy consumers. The Climate Change Superfund Act authorizes the state Department of Environmental Conservation to collect $75 billion from oil and gas companies over the next 25 years, averaging $3 billion a year.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expressing optimism that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will help fix the nation’s broken immigration system, while also criticizing fellow Democrats for overlooking the issue of immigration ahead of last Tuesday’s election.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — A House panel is recommending that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo be brought up on criminal charges for providing false statements about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations stemming from an investigation spanning nearly a decade.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — A group of New York nuns are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to block New York regulation requiring faith-based organizations to cover abortions in their employee health insurance plans.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — House Republicans grilled former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic amid fresh claims that the Democrat has tried to deflect responsibility for a policy they claim contributed to a high rate of deaths in nursing homes.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be grilled by House Republicans on Tuesday over his administration’s handling of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care facilities. The Republican-controlled Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will hear testimony from Cuomo focusing on the controversial guidance issued by his administration that required nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New York to admit COVID-19-positive patients.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Jack Cashill |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to wipe out $100 million in medical debt held by nearly 50,000 residents by leveraging hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal pandemic relief money. Under the plan, announced on Tuesday, the state is partnering with Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit, to give residents some reprieve from their unpaid bills, which will use $550,000 in American Rescue Act funds available to the state through the COVID-19 relief law.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office has been hit with a new batch of subpoenas as part of an ongoing federal investigation into his 2021 campaign. Adams, who is attending the Democratic National Convention this week, confirmed in an interview over the weekend that he has received subpoenas as part of a year-long corruption investigation looking into his 2021 campaign’s ties to Turkey.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
heartlandernews.com | Christian Wade |Michael Ryan
(The Center Square) — A New York county has banned masks in public places in response to anti-Israel demonstrations over the war in Gaza, despite threats of a legal challenge from critics who say it’s unconstitutional. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, signed the Mask Transparency Act on Wednesday.
