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New York Lawmakers Push to Replace Trash Bags With Luggage for Foster Youth

3 weeks ago | legislativegazette.com | Lilly Sabella

Across New York, it is standard for a child in the foster care system to arrive at a stranger’s door, belongings held in a trash bag at their feet. As foster youth move into new placements, using bags intended for trash rather than proper luggage can exacerbate the loneliness and discomfort they face moving from home to home. Some lawmakers are trying to change this. Sen.
Republican Lawmakers Unveil Human Trafficking Report to Push for Stronger Protections and Harsher Penalties

3 weeks ago | legislativegazette.com | Lilly Sabella

Republican Assembly members presented from their Task Force on Human Trafficking report, hoping it leads to bipartisan support for legislation that helps trafficking victims. Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, R–Pulaski, presented the findings and his conference’s legislative proposals on March 25 with task force co-chairs Assemblyman Brian Maher, R–Walden, and Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh, R–Ballston. The report comes as lawmakers negotiate the state’s budget.
Watchdogs Hope 2025 Is The Year FOIL Laws Get Fixed

1 month ago | legislativegazette.com | Lilly Sabella

Government accountability groups are asking the state Senate and Assembly to pass four bills to strengthen the state’s Freedom of Information Law. The state’s FOIL law allows citizens and journalists to request access to public records kept by state agencies and local governments to increase transparency. However, the freedom of information process can be long and full of setbacks. At times a request can leave someone waiting for months for a FOIL officer to process their request.
Delgado Announces Split from Hochul, Preps For His Own Future Campaign

1 month ago | legislativegazette.com | Lilly Sabella

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is breaking from Gov. Kathy Hochul in a decision not to be her running mate for the 2026 gubernatorial election. His announcement comes after public indications of a schism between Delgado and the governor. Hochul selected the former congressman to serve alongside her following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. Delgado’s choice to step down from another term may signal plans to make his own bid for the governor’s office.
Citizen Action Condemns Immigration Raids in Ithaca, New York City

1 month ago | legislativegazette.com | Lilly Sabella

President Donald Trump has wasted no time delivering on the promise of mass deportations he made while on the campaign trail. One month into his second presidency, New York state is no exception to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids reported throughout the nation. Officers have arrested people believed to be living in the country illegally in Ithaca and New York City, two well-known sanctuary communities in New York.
Bill Would Remove ‘Voluntary Intoxication’ Exclusion in Sexual Assault Cases

Apr 30, 2024 | legislativegazette.com | George Santos |Jeremy Sodergren

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month and lawmakers are taking time to address some of New York’s questionable laws surrounding sex crimes with the help of organizations aimed at supporting survivors. Under current New York law, a person who becomes voluntarily intoxicated and is then sexually assaulted does not hold the same legal protections as someone who was involuntarily intoxicated. Sen.
Bill Banning CO2 Fracking Method Passes Assembly and Senate

Apr 4, 2024 | legislativegazette.com | Jeremy Sodergren

A recent anti-fracking bill, S.8357/A.8866, has now passed in both the Senate and Assembly. The bill would add carbon dioxide fracking to the statewide hydraulic fracking ban codified in the 2020-21 state budget. The proposed legislation adds two words to the original law that banned fracking. The new bill will add the words “and carbon dioxide” to include the use of CO2 for mining operations in the ban.
Legislation Would Provide Tax Benefits to Newspapers That Employ Local Journalists

Mar 21, 2024 | legislativegazette.com | Dylan Murphy

On Feb. 15, more than 100 local newspapers across New York state launched The Empire State News Coalition in an effort to approve a legislative package that several news organizations say would bring relief to the struggling local journalism field. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, /A2958C, would provide tax credits to local news outlets for the employment of local news journalists.
Legislators Join Labor-Religion Coalition to Demand Moral Budget

Mar 14, 2024 | legislativegazette.com | Dylan Murphy

New York state legislators and members of the Labor Religion Coalition held a rally in the Capitol building’s War Room on March 4 to push for investments prioritizing low-income New Yorkers as the Legislature begins to turn their attention to finalizing the budget.
Legislative Package Aims To Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Many Household Products

Mar 4, 2024 | legislativegazette.com | Jeremy Sodergren

On Tuesday Feb. 6 legislators and the PFAS-free New York coalition held a press conference at the Million Dollar Staircase advocating for a package of bills that work to eliminate and regulate the use and discharge of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in common consumer products and waterways. The package of four bills all have the common thread — to eliminate the use of PFAS in New York state.