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“Judge warns Dems they may regret appeal of NY gerrymander” An appeals court judge on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of a ruling that found Democratic state lawmakers illegally gerrymandered new congressional districts — but warned that waiting for the case to be decided could backfire on them. “The Legislature may begin redrawing the map right now if…
“State budget won’t increase number of NYC charter schools” The $220 billion state budget will allow New York City to get new casinos, but state legislators refused to roll the dice on more charter schools. Charter advocates on Friday responded to the agreement that left them out in the cold on two key issues —…
“Albany must renew mayoral control of NYC schools” New York’s Legislature must now move quickly to renew mayoral control of the city’s schools, and with minimal changes, if it hopes to preserve a system that’s been a marked improvement over its predecessors for the past 20 years. Albany’s failure this week to renew it in…
“Adams warns ‘more to be done’ on bail reform after budget deal” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned fixes to New York’s controversial bail reform law and other criminal justice policies don’t go far enough — declaring Friday ahead of his 100 day anniversary in office that “there’s more to…
“NY Dems will go to any measure to defend botched bail reform” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie strongly oppose giving judges more discretion to order bail or jail for defendants they deem dangerous, on the grounds that New York judges are racists. And that claim is even more ridiculous than…
“Andrew Cuomo sues New York ethics agency in attempt to keep $5M book profits” Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo hit Albany’s ethics watchdog with a lawsuit Friday, accusing it of “extraordinary bias” against him as he seeks to hold onto proceeds from his $5.1 million book deal. The Joint Commission on Public Ethics voted…
“Lawmakers failed to get baseline data to judge bail reforms” They didn’t do their homework! The lawmakers in Albany who initially passed the controversial bail reforms failed to require that state agencies perform a baseline analysis of its impacts — making it impossible to determine what effect the law has had on crime in the…
“The Legislature’s next gift to New York criminals” Bad enough that the Legislature is resisting modest fixes to its recent, disastrous criminal-justice reforms. Worse that it’s looking to bungle onward. We’re looking at the “clean slate” bill from state Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-B’klyn), one of the few policy items included in the Senate’s budget plan….
“Victim groups back Gov. Hochul’s criminal-justice plan” Crime-victim advocates Friday demanded that the state legislature support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed criminal-justice reforms, saying some of the changes would help protect battered women. The domestic-violence-prevention groups — in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx) — ripped…
“Apple lobbied NY officials in push for digital driver’s licenses” Apple lobbyists met with New York state officials last year as part of a controversial nationwide push for digital driver’s licenses, state records show. The tech giant wants customers to store versions of government ID documents, including their state driver’s licenses, in digital wallets…