Gov Cuomo signs opioid lockbox bill into law wgrz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgrz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Opioid Epidemic continues to wreak havoc on families each and every day. The origins of this problem are still being understood and many of the questions asked of those who have lost loved ones as a result of this crisis are still unanswered. While nothing can bring back the ones they loved so dearly, those responsible must be left to pay the price.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday applauded the fact that the state legislature assisted in taking another step forward in the battle for restitution and compensation for the wrongdoings done to so many. James office announced the passage of Senate Bill S.7194 and Assembly Bill A.6395B. The passage of these laws establishes an opioid settlement fund for families of victims. The law states, all funds received by the state as the result of a settlement or a judgment in litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, consultants, or resellers shall be deposited into [an] opioid settlement fu
New York’s Cuomo Releases Full Transcript of Aides Speaking With Legislators
The transcript confirms as accurate a New York Post report that included a snippet from the call.
DeRosa appeared to tell legislators that the Cuomo administration withheld how many nursing home residents died from COVID-19 because they feared the numbers would “be used against us.”
The transcript shows state Sen. James Skoufis, a Democrat, alleging Cuomo’s administration was disregarding state lawmakers. Skoufis and other lawmakers asked in August 2020 for answers, but none were forthcoming even as six months had passed, he told Cuomo aides.
“I’ve been put in a pretty bizarre situation where like I’m as frustrated as anybody about the lack of forthrightness and getting answers. And look at hearings it’s pretty commonplace where we’re told by commissioners, not just you Commissioner [Howard] Zucker but more generally, ‘oh we’ll get back to you with an answer,’ and then we never h