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Albany must use the state budget to make New York more affordable for its people

Lawmakers in Albany are in the final negotiations over this year’s state budget, and many are laser focused on the uncertain economic environment impacting not just New York, but the whole country. Elected officials and business leaders are evaluating different policy levers they can pull to help boost the economy and support working families across the state.

Suny Student Assembly Leaders To Advocate For Students' Priorities In Albany Budget Negotiations – Oswego County Today

Farm Laborers Wage Board affects everyone, should be nixed, county leaders say

When Shelley Stein heard about Senate Bill 9509 to eliminate the Farm Laborers Wage Board, she had to jump on it immediately, she says. The 2019 Farm Workers Fair Labor Practices Act contained a provision to create a Wage Board to evaluate lowering the overtime threshold for farm laborers below 60 hours a week. In January 2022, the Wage Board recommended lowering the threshold

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Senator Kaplan & Senate Majority Take Action on Gun Violence Prevention

(Albany, NY) Today, Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) and the NY Senate Democratic Majority passed legislation to strengthen gun safety measures and ensure deadly weapons stay out of the wrong hands. The legislation will update the criminal code to make the threat of mass harm a crime; require microstamping of ammunition; strengthen measures to prevent those with criminal backgrounds from obtaining guns and ammo; allow health care providers to file extreme risk protection orders, and strengthen regulations for high capacity ammo, feeding devices, and body armor.