Andrew Cuomo will deliver his annual State-of-the-State address in Albany, even as he has rolled out more than a dozen policy initiatives ahead of his presentation. Mulrow didn’t specify how the state will pay for the ambitious development projects, which are expected to cost more than $100 billion.
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Over the past week, Cuomo has outlined 14 proposals that highlight parts of his sweeping agenda for the new year.
“And when you get to a point in society, where you have this sort of income inequality”.
The state Capitol was rocked again by scandal in 2015 with six state lawmakers convicted of crimes, including now-former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan; Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County; and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton. Today, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced that he would not be pursuing further investigations into the Cuomo administration. He added the recently introduced property tax cap has been well received by residents of New York State.
Farrell said he’s already feeling the impact of wages going up the first of year.
The Democrat also will call for raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in a series of graduated increases and put pressure on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio about homelessness in the city.
Governor Cuomo received a bit of good news just two days before he’s to give his State of the State address- the governor and his office have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the premature closing of an ethics commission. Barron then left the convention hall, telling reporters that he believes Cuomo is ignoring the needs of poor New Yorkers and should propose at least $2 billion more for public education, particularly for high-need schools.
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Cuomo’s office was accused of steering the 25-member panel, which included district attorneys from around the state, away from his office as it investigated potential corruption among state leaders. David Valesky, left, and John DeFrancisco, talk at an event in Syracuse, N.Y. on September 30, 2015.
