Sentences with phrase «includes legalizing»

With a divided legislature in 2017, some of the most controversial proposals did not get passed despite the majority leaders supporting them including legalizing marijuana and installing tolls on state highways.

But the campaign has previously pointed to Cuomo's achievements including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.

For his part, Cuomo has pointed to achievements including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, banning fracking and increasing investments in education — all while working to lower taxes and jumpstart the upstate economy.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing ride - sharing services statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

But the governor's plan would effectively give him ownership of the state's massive public school system, and would be among the most ambitious changes he's pursued in his governorship, a tenure that so far has included legalizing same - sex marriage, strengthening gun control, creating a statewide property - tax cap and reforming the state pension system.

In Albany's own version of Groundhog Day, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York legislative leaders are still keeping open the possibility of a special session before the year ends that could include legalizing Uber statewide and a pay raise for lawmakers.

It includes the legalized bribery of the implicit quid pro quo that exists when wealthy individuals and special interests pay for the campaigns and extra incomes of elected officials.

One of the crucial early questions surrounding Ms. Nixon is whether Democratic voters have any interest in elevating a celebrity while Donald Trump is serving as president, let alone doing so at the expense of Mr. Cuomo, whose liberal accomplishments as governor include legalizing same - sex marriage, increasing the minimum wage and establishing paid - family leave.

After being nominated by a host of prominent speakers, including former President Bill Clinton (via video) and Mayor Bill de Blasio (in person), Mr. Cuomo underscored the liberal achievements of his administration, including legalizing same - sex marriage and passing strict gun control measures, apparently pushing back on left - leaning Democrats who have questioned his progressive credentials.

Cuomo then fired up the rhetoric to remind supporters in Queens about his accomplishments including legalizing gay marriage and raising the minimum wage.

A Cuomo campaign spokesman said the 60 - year - old governor «has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country,» including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, expanding public education funding and banning fracking.

Not exact matches

He has threatened key protections for women, including defunding Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health services, and overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in 1973.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

Russian presidential candidate Boris Titov has pledged that if he is elected, «Popular cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and Ethereum, will be legalized,» according to a translation.

A Russian candidate for president has said that he will legalize some cryptocurrency, including Ether and bitcoin, should he win the election.

Medical marijuana has already been legalized in 29 states, while recreational marijuana is now legal in eight, including California as of the start of this year.

The new administration is taking shape and may potentially include an FDA commissioner who has argued the agency should consider safety when evaluating new drugs and devices and efficacy only after the drug has been legalized.

«Right now, industrial is the cream of the commercial real estate crop, and the trends driving the sector — including e-retail, cloud computing and legalized cannabis — show no signs of abating,» says Peter Muoio, chief economist at Ten - X.

Changes to Alberta's impaired driving laws that will later include drug limits once cannabis is legalized will take effect April 9, the province announced on March 27.

This would mean repealing anti-sodomy laws, permitting homosexuals to serve in the military on the same terms as heterosexuals, including lessons about homosexuality in public school sex - education programs, and legalizing homosexual marriage and divorce.

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Other states to recently legalize medical marijuana include Maryland and Minnesota, which both signed bills into laws earlier this year, while Illinois and New Hampshire both signed on to some form of legalization last year.

Fast - forward to 2018 and more than 30 states have laws legalizing marijuana is some form, including several states that have made possession and recreational use legal.

In WA state, some examples of that could include the voter referendums that legalized marijuana and gay marriage... topics that politicians felt were overly controversial and preferred not to deal with.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether to allow legalized sports betting across the country, and many states — including New York — are lining up at the gate to cash in on the possible tax revenue and job creation.

At the moment, everything is in flux as legislative leaders and the governor try to hammer out a special session deal that may or may not include a measure to legalize ride hailing apps outside New York City.

The governor already has formal endorsements in hand from several longtime backers, including 1199SEIU, which represents health care workers and supported Cuomo's push to increase the minimum wage; the National Organization for Women; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; and the Human Rights Campaign, which worked with Cuomo in pushing to legalize same - sex marriage.

In New York, Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act in July 2014, which legalized medical marijuana for patients who are certified by medical practitioners as having «serious» conditions, including cancer, AIDS, severe chronic pain, severe nausea, and other ailments.

As governor of Massachusetts, such adherence to family values included opposition to a court ruling in 2003 that made the Bay State the first in the country to legalize same - sex marriage.

The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect State Act, as it's called, «would finally allow families and patients, including our veterans in 40 states that have some form of legalized medical marijuana, to access the basic care that they need without fear of prosecution,» Gillibrand said.

In his State of the State speech in January, Mr. Cuomo raised the stakes further, calling for the constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling and proposing to transform Genting's planned resort near Aqueduct into a destination casino resort that would include the nation's largest convention center.

Once you include the fact that driving high is four times safer then driving drunk it's even possible that the number of car crashes from DUIs could decrease by legalizing marijuana.

In its endorsement, the group cited Cuomo's push for the LGBT community that includes bolstering protections for transgender individuals through state regulations as well as his 2011 effort to legalize sames - ex marriage in the state.

In his $ 168 billion fiscal year 2019 budget, Cuomo included funding to conduct a study in conjunction with state agencies to look at the health, economic and criminal justice effects of legalizing marijuana.

The bill legalizes medical cannabis as a therapeutic treatment of 10 serious illnesses, including cancer, HIV / AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, neuropathic diseases and multiple sclerosis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent proposal for legalizing ride - hailing services statewide includes a 5.5 percent tax on rides.

In response, Cuomo's team pointed to the governor's record, including increasing the minimum wage, banning natural gas hydrofracking, passing strict gun control, capping local property tax increases, legalizing same - sex marriage and directing state investments in infrastructure like a replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Skelos» legacy as majority leader includes allowing senators to vote for the first time on bills that legalized gay marriage and the NY Safe Act, a strict gun control measure, although Skelos personally voted against both laws.

The New York Gaming Association has released a new report suggesting that legalizing full casino gambling in the state would «generate more than $ 3.3 billion in economic output, which includes wages, salaries and the purchase of goods and services.»

Similar cases involving wedding vendors, including florists and bakers, have appeared in New York in the years since the state legalized same - sex marriage in 2011.

But some Democrats, including Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., are strongly opposed to allowing New York to become the 15th state to legalize med - mar.

Pretlow acknowledged that legalization and regulation of this sector by lawmakers would open the door to all sorts of other issues — including online poker, which some have been pushing to see legalized in New York for several years — as well as other types of sports betting.

The top priorities for 2012 now include: Continue fiscal discipline by «working to reduce spending by $ 2 billion will help balance the budget and increase New York's competitive edge,» enacting pension reform, passing mandate relief and regulatory reform, and legalizing non-Indian casino gambling.

Cuomo's $ 168.2 billion budget proposal includes provisions to pass the Child Victims Act and create a commission to study the feasibility of legalizing marijuana in New York

Those issues in this year's spending plan include the extension of the 421 - a property tax abatement and also legalizing ride hailing outside New York City, even though that particular matter has been widely considered settled for several days now.

Other bills that passed both houses and will now go to the governor's desk include a measure that would require sunscreen bottles to carry expiration dates, and a bill to legalize sparklers and other small fireworks.

Cuomo included a provision to legalize MMA in his state budget proposal, but many lawmakers want to do it separately.

Amid a groundswell of support for legalizing marijuana in New York, city Controller Scott Stringer found that the market could add up to $ 3.1 billion a year statewide, including $ 1.1 billion in the city.

Legalizing marijuana is up for popular vote in nine states, including four that happen to be battlegrounds.

The New York State Senate last week approved a bill to legalize and regulate the combat sport, which includes elements of boxing, judo, wrestling, Brazilian jiu - jitsu and kickboxing.