
Jack Arpey
Reporter at Spectrum News 1 Central NY
NYS Politics Reporter @capitaltonight, Saratoga Springs native, Ithaca College 2019, upstate to a fault
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1 week ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Jack Arpey
Taking the podium a half hour after midnight Wednesday, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie officially called it a Session for the state Assembly. “Well, well, well,” he said.
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1 week ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Jack Arpey
In the final hours of the legislative session, it remained up in the unclear around 8 p.m. Tuesday if the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act, one of the most closely watched bills this legislative session, would even make it to the floor for a vote in the New York state Assembly. The bill already passed in the state Senate. It also passed in the Senate last year, but never made it to the floor for a vote in the Assembly after Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Jack Arpey
The state Assembly has some significant catching up to do starting bright and early Monday morning. After budget negotiations with Gov. Kathy Hochul led to the latest state budget in 15 years, the Assembly tacked three extra days onto the legislative session.
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2 weeks ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Jack Arpey
The New York state Assembly may be poised to give the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act a ticket to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, which passed in the state Senate but ran out of time in the Assembly last year, once again passed in the Senate this year.
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2 weeks ago |
spectrumlocalnews.com | Jack Arpey
If you’re keeping a list of which bills are still in play as the New York legislative session heads into the final sprint, we have a last minute substitution. From the state lawmakers who brought you the NY HEAT Act, enter the Customer Savings and Reliability Act. The new bill was introduced Monday with literally no time to spare if the Senate is to pass it and leave town Thursday given the three-day aging period required for new legislation.
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is currently giving his closing remarks— ending the legislative session and any hope of the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act making it to the floor

The Assembly has voted to repeal the 100 foot rule, a key component of the HEAT Act. The Senate last week passed a compromise bill in place of NY HEAT and a straight repeal bill leaving it up to the Assembly to decide

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