Statement on Operations and Capital Projects Budget Bills from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) State Operations Budget Bill Health Exchanges The bills New York Health Insurance Exchange will cost taxpayers $190 million to voluntarily comply with ObamaCare. Were not going to cut healthcare costs with that kind of bloated bureaucracy. It is a DMV […]
The Rockland County Times has learned that freshman Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Stony Point, Orange County) was one of only a handful of Assembly Democrats to vote against Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE gun control act. Skoufis did not bow to political pressure at midnight and sign the bill, and instead chose to vote his conscience. This […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), chairman of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that prescriber prevails protections have been restored for atypical antipsychotic drugs and drug classes within Medicaid fee for services in the final Health Budget. In addition, it has been restored for eight additional drug classes, […]
Quinn’s bid for Mayor may be weaker than it appears BY ADAM LOMBARDI, QUEENS-POLITICS.COM By now you’ve all read the scathing article in the New York Times regarding Christine Quinn’s temper issue. It must be serious when the New York Times runs a full length story on how she treats her colleagues and constituents. Anyway, the story […]
ALBANY, NEW YORK— Log Cabin Republicans of New York State Chairman Steve Keblish issues the following statement: “How should the Supreme Court Rule on the landmark gay rights cases before it this week? William F. Buckley’s lens for evaluating issues went like this: “Does this augment or diminish human liberty?” When asked about gay marriage, Dick Cheney […]
Florida Atlantic University officials apologize and drop charges against student Ryan Rotela PRESS RELEASE FROM LIBERTY INSTITUTE Liberty Institute declares victory on behalf of its client Ryan Rotela, the Florida Atlantic University student who was brought up on academic charges and suspended from class out of retaliation for reporting a lesson to University officials, which […]