As news broke this week that New York would lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives when New York fell 89 residents short of filing U.S. Census forms, Cortland County Democratic and Republican officials said Thursday they hope the county will remain entirely in one district.
Data released Monday from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that because 89 people did not complete their Census questionnaires, the state would lose one congressional seat, bringing the total to 26, according to news media reports.
This comes even as the state’s population grew about 4% between 2010 and 2020, though other
states grew more. The drop continues a trend, as the population has been growing faster in other parts of the country since the 1950s and 60s, said Robert Spitzer, a distinguished service professor in SUNY Cortland’s political science department.
BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) Advocates in Binghamton gathered on Thursday to back parole reform legislation pushed by some lawmakers in Albany and ask for further changes to prevent re-incarceration.
One of the bills garnering attention would expand parole eligibility to those who are 55 or older and serving long sentences. Another would change the basis for granting parole from a person’s crime to their change while in prison.
Advocates outside Binghamton City Hall applauded those reforms but added that legislation focused on what happens to a person once they are released on parole is just as necessary, if not more so.
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) More lawmakers are reacting to the 212 billion dollar state budget for 2021 to 2022.
Assemblyman Phil Palmesano calls it “fiscally irresponsible” that significantly raises taxes, spending, and state debt. Palmesano adds the budget was passed “recklessly.” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay’s blasting Democrats, saying “One party rule has produced a tax and spend disaster that increases spending to astronomical levels.
Assemblymember Anna Kelles expressed overall support for the budget, with one exception: she had pushed for 3.5 billion dollars in the first-of-its-kind excluded workers fund. In the budget’s final draft, lawmakers agreed on 2.1 billion dollars.
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ALBANY â The Assembly Judiciary Committee will begin an impeachment investigation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after city police contacted executive officials over a new accusation that the governor sexually assaulted an unnamed aide.
A current female aide alleges Cuomo aggressively groped her in the Governorâs Mansion last year after she was summoned to the residence to help fix a technical error with the governorâs cell phone, according to a Wednesday report in the Albany Times Union.
The staff member, whose identity was not disclosed, claims she and the governor were alone in Cuomoâs private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her.