ALBANY, NY (05/05/2016)(readMedia)-- Overhauling New York's criminal defense system for the poor should be a top priority for state lawmakers and Governor Andrew
Cuomo during the current legislative session, New York State Bar Association President David P. Miranda said today.
At noon, Gay and transgender rights advocates including Empire State Pride Agenda members and city and community officials call for state lawmakers to pass
GENDA during the current legislative session, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
Also at noon, Women's Health and Reproductive Rights holds a «Lunch at Cuomo's — Rally for Reproductive Rights» — their first public action where they will assembly each Wednesday to rally for the passage of the
RHA during the current legislative session, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.
Cuomo said Tuesday that he wants to discuss its
economics during the current legislative session, which runs through June, though he said it wasn't part of the proposed state budget for the April 1 fiscal year because these questions still need to be answered.
Another wave of corruption allegations could provide further momentum for government watchdog groups and elected officials — including Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — who are pushing for the Legislature to pass new anticorruption
measures during the current legislative session.