Ex-top Cuomo aide Larry Schwartz resigns after Legislature repeals rule
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Larry Schwartz listens to a news conference at the New York State Capitol in Albany in a file photo.Mike Groll | AP Photo
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. The state Legislature’s repeal this week of an executive order exempting high-level state government volunteers from certain ethics laws led to the resignation on Thursday of Larry Schwartz, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who had overseen Covid-19 testing and the vaccination rollout as a member of the governor’s coronavirus task force.
Legislation aims to ban of out-of-state fired cops from working in New York
Updated 1:50 PM;
Today 1:50 PM
A view of the Senate Chamber at the New York State Capitol in Albany in March.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. Under new legislation introduced in the state Senate, police officers from other states who resigned or were fired due to misconduct allegations would be barred from working in law enforcement in New York an expansion of the existing law which bans New York police officers from taking other jobs in the state if fired for misconduct.
GOP hosts closed-door meeting of top candidates for governor in 2022
Updated 10:05 AM;
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. Prominent New York Republicans flocked to Albany’s Renaissance Hotel on Monday to discuss the party’s plans for the 2022 gubernatorial campaign as incumbent Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo faces multiple investigations and polls showing decreasing approval of him from the public.
The attendees at Monday’s gathering pitched themselves to Republican county chairs and other party leaders in a meeting behind closed doors, delivering presentations and answering questions for about 15 to 20 minutes each. The symposium started around 10:30 a.m. and ran into the afternoon.
NY Legislature nears deal on recreational marijuana legalization
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Medical marijuana plants are seen at a Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, New York in a file photo.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. State legislators are nearing a deal to legalize recreational marijuana use for adult New Yorkers, but there’s currently an “impasse” on how to to deal with impaired driving and traffic stops by police, said Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
“It is a matter of when, not if. We are extremely close; we have continued to have negotiations and really have ironed out a lot of what we think would be important in terms of making sure that we do this right,” Stewart-Cousins said Tuesday during a news conference. “We have reached a little bit of an impasse right now, and it has to do with impaired driving there.”