Gov. Andrew Cuomo has long cast a long shadow over legislative politics in Albany. But rarely is that shadow interpreted as differently as it was last week d
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has long cast a long shadow over legislative politics in Albany. But rarely is that shadow interpreted as differently as it was last week d
WBFO s Michael Mroziak reports.
Governor Cuomo has already hinted at reforms he d like to see at for-profit nursing homes in the next state budget. Marshall Bertram, administrative organizer for 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East detailed some of them while appearing at an informational picket at the Weinberg Campus in Amherst.
Members of SEIU 1199 gather on the Weinberg Campus, holding one of several quiet pickets Thursday to call on statewide nursing home reforms.
Credit Michael Mroziak, WBFO
“There s a requirement that facilities spend a certain amount of the revenue on staffing and on direct resident care,” he said. “There are certain requirements that for-profit owners that run low one-star facilities are not able to buy more facilities, which has been a problem in the past, that bad nursing home owners could just keep perpetuating that by purchasing more facilities.”
Most WNY state lawmakers want Cuomo s COVID emergency powers revoked
Ten Republicans and one Democrat say it is time to end the governor s ability to change law with the stroke of a pen. Author: Steve Brown, Joseph O Rourke Published: 8:40 PM EST February 4, 2021 Updated: 8:40 PM EST February 4, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Most state lawmakers from Western New York, nearly all of them Republicans, say it is time to revoke Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency powers to address the coronavirus pandemic.
Eleven of the 18 area lawmakers say they want an end to the governor’s special authority.
In the past week, 2 On Your Side canvassed the region’s entire delegation of Senators and Assembly Members on whether they are still comfortable with the governor’s ability to change any state or local law with the stroke of his pen.
Is Samsung building a semiconductor facility in Genesee County? Officials won t confirm
Multiple officials from a variety of agencies at the local and state level cited non-disclosure agreements when asked about the rumored Samsung semiconductor plant. Author: Nate Benson (WGRZ) Updated: 8:04 PM EST January 25, 2021
ALABAMA, N.Y. Could a corn field in Genesee County be the future site of a multi-billion dollar Samsung semiconductor facility?
Well if it is, no one is talking about it.
News of Genesee County being in the running for the Samsung semiconductor facility broke in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. The report cited documents that the Wall Street Journal saw from an official in Arizona familiar with the project. The document reportedly listed Genesee County, New York as a potential site along with Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas