NY Senate Republican push for subpoena of nursing home data thwarted
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
By Amanda Fries | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. A last-minute motion for the Senate investigations committee to vote on issuing a subpoena to compel testimony from Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker regarding nursing home coronavirus deaths was squashed and labeled as political by the committee’s chair Monday.
Sen. Thomas O’Mara, a Southern Tier Republican and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, surprised committee chairman, Hudson Valley Democratic Sen. James Skoufis, when he made the motion to have committee members vote to subpoena Zucker.
NY Assembly considering return to Albany for tax hike, Heastie says
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie applauds as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to members of New York state s Electoral College on Monday in Albany.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Amanda Fries | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. At the Capitol for the Electoral College vote, state Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie told reporters Monday that legislative leaders are considering returning to Albany before the year’s end to approve revenue-raisers.
“We are trying to see if we can come up with something that the two houses could agree upon,” Heastie said. “We want to do something that (addresses the) eviction moratorium and we have to see if we can come to agreement on possible revenues.”
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