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Local Officials Call for Statewide Moratorium on Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020

By rctadmin on November 27, 2019 Politics

Photos by Scott Waters PRESS RELEASE Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Police Chiefs, Police Unions and Local Elected Officials joined together last Thursday to urge New York State Lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on the Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020 in order to carefully examine the full impacts of these laws. This was […]

New York Lawmakers Pass Extension of Fracking Ban in Assembly, Face Challenges in Senate

By dskriloff on March 14, 2013 Politics

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The New York State Assembly passed a two year extension to an already existing moratorium on hydraulic fracturing on March 7, a move which has elicited strong feelings on both sides of the divisive debate and throws the fate of the practice into question. The measure aims to prevent the extraction of […]