Robert Gavin

Albany

Albany Bureau Chief at Buffalo News

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State lawmakers pass sixth 'extender' bill; hope grows for budget deal soon

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature enacted legislation Thursday to fund state operations with $9.6 billion through Wednesday – the sixth such "extender" bill they have passed since the budget missed its April 1 deadline. But lawmakers – who do not get paid while the budget is late – expressed optimism that the wait could soon be over.
Environmentalist report says plastic reduction bill would save $50 million for WNY

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – Environmentalists backing a proposed state law to greatly reduce plastics statewide released a report Wednesday that said the measure could save nearly $50 million for six Western New York counties by 2036. The projected cost savings were part of $1.3 billion statewide, according to the report issued by Beyond Plastics, an organization based in Bennington College in Vermont.
NY defense attorneys seek to be included in talks on changes to legal discovery

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – State lawmakers are expected to return to the Capitol on Thursday to pass their sixth “extender” bill since April 1 to keep state operations funded while the budget remains late. Whether a more permanent resolution could soon follow will largely depend on whether Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders can reach consensus on their top sticking point: proposed changes to discovery in criminal justice cases. In a news conference held in her office at the Capitol, Gov.
NY defense attorneys seek to be included in talks on changes to legal discovery

1 week ago | poststar.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – State lawmakers are expected to return to the Capitol on Thursday to pass their sixth “extender” bill since April 1 to keep state operations funded while the budget remains late. Whether a more permanent resolution could soon follow will largely depend on whether Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders can reach consensus on their top sticking point: proposed changes to discovery in criminal justice cases.
New deadlines, old anguish part of saga for home care program in New York State

1 week ago | auburnpub.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – For months, advocates urged the Hochul administration to delay its April 1 deadline for patients and workers in a Medicaid-funded home care program to register with Public Partnerships LLC. PPL had won a state contract to manage finances for the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), an alternative to nursing home care that allows New Yorkers without nursing licenses to be paid for the care of their loved ones.
New deadlines, old anguish part of saga for home care program in New York State

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – For months, advocates urged the Hochul administration to delay its April 1 deadline for patients and workers in a Medicaid-funded home care program to register with Public Partnerships LLC. PPL had won a state contract to manage finances for the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), an alternative to nursing home care that allows New Yorkers without nursing licenses to be paid for the care of their loved ones.
Family of Depew baseball coach Dennis Crawley backs effort to stop ALS discrimination in life insurance

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – When Depew High School baseball coach Dennis Crawley Jr. died on Aug. 6, he became the 27th member of his family to lose their life after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Crawley, who led his team to a state title while afflicted with a hereditary strain of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, attended the Walk to Defeat ALS in Delaware Park just three days before his death.
Hochul-office

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

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Hochul says budget won't happen unless changes made to legal discovery process

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Robert Gavin

ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she will not sign off on any state budget without a change to discovery rules in criminal cases that she says are preventing justice from being served. Joined by victims of domestic violence – one of whom said a case was dismissed because of a missing Uber receipt – the governor said she was prioritizing public safety and affordability issues over the need to pass a spending plan on time. The state's budget was due April 1, the start of the fiscal year.
Collins Correctional Facility sparked statewide strikes. Is it now a target for closure?

2 weeks ago | auburnpub.com | Robert Gavin

Lawmakers across Western New York are deeply concerned that Collins Correctional Facility could be on a state chopping block targeting up to five prisons – especially since the medium-security jailhouse was the starting point for wildcat correction officer strikes that stretched across New York. During the three-week strike, state prison officials moved 363 inmates from Collins to other facilities within the state system. It now holds 551 inmates. Gov.