The issues at the Division of Criminal Justice Services have been exposed as Cuomo is negotiating a state budget that will likely include new sexual harassment policies for government agencies. (auburnpub.com)
Both Nixon and Molinaro are highlighting women's rights as an issue, and they criticize the governor's private budget meetings with three male legislative leaders, where the state's new sexual harassment policies also were decided. (news.wbfo.org)
By keeping state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State address. (newsday.com)