Lawmakers including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator David Carlucci are pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State. Opponents of the plan like Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor call it “welfare for politicians.” This week Lalor blasted Silver’s bill, releasing the following statement. Statement on taxpayer-financed political campaigns from Assemblyman […]
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, […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI With residents and agencies now fearing the potential fallout over possible budget cuts to our most vulnerable populations, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) today announced a grassroots call to action to convince Governor Cuomo to join with state legislators in fully restoring the proposed 6% cuts to the Office for […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) has announced that he will be hosting his second annual Senior Technology Seminar to educate senior citizens on how to use new technology and web-based communication tools. This is a follow-up to the popular introductory-level seminar that was held one year ago. The two-hour event will be held on Friday, March […]
Senator David Carlucci will host his Veterans Advisory Committee meeting next Thursday (Valentine’s Day), February 14 from 10 a.m. – noon. The event will be held at the VFW Ramapo Post 2973, 16 Ramapo Road, Suffern. Among the topics that will be discussed includes Senator Carlucci’s “Jobs for Heroes” legislation in the Senate. The bill, […]
A Rockland County Times EXCLUSIVE — See letter from executive committee at bottom of article BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Since becoming a state senator, David Carlucci has made some surprising moves in Albany. In a business in which “you gotta serve somebody,” Carlucci has chosen New York City Senator Jeff Klein as his boss. Klein is […]