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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — As part of state budget talks, lawmakers are discussing new rules for publicly financed campaigns, making it slightly harder for candidates to qualify for public matching funds, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Assembly are considering raising the threshold a candidate has to raise before qualifying for public funds. They also are considering a pay-back-what-money-you-did-not-use provision, the sources said.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to change the governance structure of the Nassau University Medical Center to give her office control of the board, according to sources familiar with state budget negotiations. Hochul’s team has floated a proposal — which could be included as part of a budget deal — that would overhaul oversight of the deeply in debt, safety-net hospital.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — With a deadline for downstate casino applications fast approaching, two likely bidders are trying to clear legal hurdles before applying. They could get help through state legislation that key lawmakers are advancing. They also could get help via the state budget, according to sources, which officials are trying to settle this month. At least 11 entities have expressed a desire to bid for one of three available casino licenses.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
Jason McGuire, a Conservative Party official and former pastor who became a prominent voice in Albany opposing same-sex marriage and other issues, has been convicted of illegally using campaign money and using it on restaurants, clothes, beauty treatments and other personal expenses, according to the state attorney general.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
An upstate county clerk blocked Texas from filing legal action Thursday against a New York physician who provided abortion pills to a Texas woman – in what is likely the first high-stakes test of New York’s abortion shield law. Texas officials are attempting to enforce a court judgment issued there against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter of New Paltz for prescribing abortion-inducing pills to a Texas resident.
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(Updates & corrects) Hochul and lawmakers are negotiating a state spending plan and the campaign finance changes could be tucked into a final budget agreement, sources said. https://t.co/rcE5di03SR
Albany lawmakers consider changes to public financing rules, including raising thresholds for candidates to qualify for matching funds. Proposal could be tucked into state budget, sources say. https://t.co/rcE5di03SR
RT @YanceyRoy: Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking control over Nassau University Medical Center's board amid state budget talks. Floats idea o…