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Some 14 states have enacted more restrictive voting laws than they had in the 2012 presidential election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
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JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.
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Working together we will build on all that we've achieved and continue to lift up New Yorkers by investing in our infrastructure, passing the DREAM Act, enacting campaign finance and voting reform, and further strengthening New York's nation - leading gun safety laws.
More than thirty years after Abrams» testimony, State Board of Elections Co-Chair Doug Kellner also endorsed the deterrent principle as the reason that so few of New York's voting law proposals have been rejected.
In an unusual move, the party's state committee voted to back two hopefuls for attorney general: New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, whom Cuomo supports, and law professor Zephyr Teachout.
«It's difficult to say «every vote counts in New York» when we have laws on the books that make it harder — if not impossible — for some eligible New Yorkers to cast their ballots.
Grisanti was a key Republican vote in the passage of New York's same - sex marriage law in 2011.
During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.
He voted against New York's gun control laws, known as the SAFE Act, and allowing medical marijuana.
New York election law does not allow voters to change their party affiliation and vote as a member of a new party in the same year.
The Vote Better NY coalition traveled to Albany to urge the legislature to «put voters first» and enact major reforms in New York's election laws.
As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.
The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.
He also worked as an attorney and advocate at Demos, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, on a nationwide effort to secure the voting rights of low - income citizens, and was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Election Law Committee.
The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.
«Additionally, the current law keeping people on parole supervision from voting is internally inconsistent with New York's approach to voting for people serving sentences of probation.
«Tonight's vote sends a clear message that the City of New York is determined to provide relief for its residents, unlike Gov. Cuomo and Albany who recently enacted detrimental rent laws that could eliminate about 90,000 affordable housing units due to deregulation over the next four years — units that do not just provide an affordable price point for tenants but offer protections against arbitrary evictions as well,» he added.
Like many blue - state Republicans, he voted against it primarily because of the new law's curtailment of the federal exemption for state and local taxes, a change that Cuomo has described in his letter as «an economic missile launched at the heart of the State of New York.»
He also said people are unaware that in minority neighborhoods — including African - American, Hispanic and Chinese — organizations «bus people around to vote» to different polling sites so they can get more votes for themselves, and argued New York needs a Republican - advocated voter I.D. law.
Under current law, voters who move within New York but move out of their current county or New York City must update their registration before the established deadline in order to vote.
WASHINGTON — New York's two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, should each expect to get a federal income tax cut worth thousands of dollars next year under the new Republican tax law, which they both fought and voted against, according to projections based on their 2017 tax returns.
This has led New York to not be able to pass tangible victories that to the left are all the more important in the age of Trump: the Dream Act, updating the state's antiquated voting laws and enshrining protections for transgender New Yorkers in law, not just regulation.
As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law by a 59 - 1 vote, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Speaker of the Assembly to bring the bill to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.
«On this day of action, Dominicanos USA joins our partners on the Vote Better NY campaign to remove voting ballot barriers in New York's antiquated laws,» said Eddie Cuesta, New York Director of Dominicanos USA.
Unfortunately, New York State has some of the most archaic voting laws in the nation.
Vote Better NY seeks the following common sense changes to New York's voting laws so that every eligible New Yorker is registered to vote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that couVote Better NY seeks the following common sense changes to New York's voting laws so that every eligible New Yorker is registered to vote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that couvote, voters have more than one day to get to the polls, and every voter can cast a ballot that counts:
On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Phil Boyle (R,C,I - Suffolk County) and Senator George Amedore (R,C,I - Rotterdam) today joined with family members of two murdered dogs and animal advocates to call on the Assembly to bring «Kirby & Quigley's Law» to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.
In response to the United States Senate's vote to overturn the federal government's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability regulations, The Education Trust — New York issued the following statement from Executive Director Ian Rosenblum: «While it is shameful that this maneuver will cause unnecessary confusion, it does not change the fact that the law is...
(New York, NY)-- A week and a half after the shooting at Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a coalition of New York legislators and gun violence prevention advocates today urged the State Senate and Assembly to promptly hold votes on a bill sponsored by Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon that would empower family members and law enforcement to prevent gun violence.
Attorney General Schneiderman has been a leader in the fight to reform New York's antiquated voting laws, detailing New York's voter access issues in a 2016 report, and introducing legislation to protect and expand voting rights.
He also explained that the Sanders campaign was a key impetus for change, adding, «I think a lot of us were disgusted by the New York State voting laws years ago and thought they were unmovable, particularly with a Republican Senate that was not going to be friendly to voting reform.
New York's voting laws are among the worst in the nation: we rank 41st in voter turnout.
Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.
Probably worst of all, Faso's vote in favor of gutting New York's own laws flies directly in the face of both the visceral fear and anger demonstrated in the wake of the Florida mass shooting and of what 83 percent of gun - owning Republicans say they want.
Under New York State law, 501 (c) 4 groups were never entirely exempt from such disclosure but were in fact able to conceal the identities of their donors as long as they didn't expressly call for voting for or against a particular candidate.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to be «very, very, very active» in the upcoming House races in New York as he targets GOP lawmakers who have voted for a December tax law he has deemed «an economic missile» amied at the state.
About $ 7 million is being proposed in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget amendment to pay for changes to the state's voting laws such as allowing for early voting in New York, his office on Monday announced.
As the Assembly finished up its vote on same - sex marriage legislation Speaker Sheldon Silver released a statement saying he the Assembly will pass an extension to New York's rent laws.
New York election law, in normal circumstances, only allows closed primaries in which registered members of a party can cast a vote to choose their nominee.
«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.
New York is one of only 13 states that does not offer early voting and because of that and other antiquated laws we have some of the worst voter participation in the nation.»
The New York State Assembly has voted to extend New York's rent stabilization and rent control laws in their current form through June 15,...
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.
Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School on Monday night for a forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections.
Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a Party nomination for public office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.
The journey that these senators took to vote yes on Marriage Equality echoes many of the journey's that many of us took to rethink and reconsider this issue when Marriage Equality became law in the state of New York and took effect on July 24, 2011.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo swiftly signed New York's new sweeping anti-gun measures into law, just minutes after the Assembly finished an over four - hour long debate and voted for the bills.