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buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin
ALBANY – The fate of a bill can change overnight. The final hours of 2025 legislative session proved that again. The Senate concluded its session on Thursday, passing bills that now also needed to pass the Assembly to have a chance to be signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul. On Tuesday, the only question for the bills under consideration in the Assembly was whether time would allow the proposals to reach the floor.
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buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul will decide the fate of a retooled bill to remove a longtime rule that allowed new homeowners free hookups to gas as long as they were within 100 feet of a gas line. The proposed Customer Savings and Reliability Act passed the State Assembly on Monday by an unofficial vote of 88 to 56. The bill passed the Senate on Thursday 36 to 23.
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buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin
ALBANY – On May 6, 2022, Ginny Miller walked into her son's room, and a nightmare. Her 18-year-old son, Beau, was dead, the victim of an accidental fentanyl overdose. After Beau's funeral, the grieving mother was astounded to learn from Beau's roommate that Beau had earlier overdosed at his former college and needed to be repeatedly resuscitated. Nobody working at Beau's former college had informed Miller of any drug issue by her son.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin
ALBANY – A bill to impose a 3% hotel occupancy tax on visitors to the Town of Cheektowaga's 17 hotels passed the State Senate on Thursday. The proposal, sponsored by State Sen. April Baskin, D-Buffalo and Assembly Member Patrick Chludzinski, R-Cheektowaga, followed a request by the Town Board in April to help provide the municipality with revenue to fund capital projects and keep property taxes at bay. It passed the Senate by a vote of 46 to 13. Baskin and Sens.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin
ALBANY – A bill to make Erie County its own judicial district passed the State Assembly on Thursday as lawmakers rejected a request by the state court system to delay the proposal until next year. The bill, which still needed to pass the Senate, was one of several bills introduced by Western New York legislators to move through the State Legislature in the dwindling days of the state's legislative session. A vote tally was not immediately available.
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Supporters of the bill said it will allow the terminally ill to die with dignity. Opponents of the bill adamantly said the measure was nothing more than sanctioned assisted suicide. It’s fate is up to @GovKathyHochul
A bill that would allow terminally ill patients in New York the right to medically end their lives passed the State Senate late Monday, leaving its fate up to Gov. Kathy Hochul. The unofficial vote was 35 to 27.
A bill that would allow terminally ill patients in New York the right to medically end their lives passed the State Senate late Monday, leaving its fate up to Gov. Kathy Hochul. The unofficial vote was 35 to 27.
Senate passes Medical Aid in Dying bill https://t.co/8SEcsXFjVI via @TheBuffaloNews
Senate passes Medical Aid in Dying bill https://t.co/8SEcsXFjVI via @TheBuffaloNews
