New York Capital Brief:
April 02, 2021
State Budget Misses Deadline … not an April Fool’s Joke!
April 1 marks the start of a new fiscal cycle in New York, but as of April 2nd, the final spending plan remains in limbo, as the Legislature and Governor continue to seek common ground on a number of hot-topic proposals. Due to COVID restrictions and the Capitol being closed to the public, the budget negotiation process more opaque than ever with private meetings conducted virtu...
New York Capital Brief:
March 25, 2021
Assembly Legislators Test Positive for COVID
With just a week until the State budget deadline, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Ron Kim both announced that they have each tested posit...
New York Capital Brief:
February 19, 2021
NYC Dining Expands to 35% Capacity
On Friday, Governor Cuomo announced that restaurants in NYC are permitted can increase indoor dining capacity to 35% beginning on February 26th citing the continuing decline in COVID cases post hol...
New York Capital Brief:
February 04, 2021
Legislature Reacts to AG Report
In response to last week’s NY AG report on COVID-19 nursing home deaths and the alleged under reporting of such by DOH, Senator Liz Kreuger, long-serving Democrat and Chair of the influential Senate Finance Committee, released a statement calling for Cuomo’s broad authority of pandemic decisions to be re-evaluated. The Senator is the first Democratic Legislator to make a public statement on the ...
New York Capital Brief:
January 21, 2021
Cuomo’s 2021-2022 Executive Budget
On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo released his Executive Budget to “reimagine, rebuild and renew” New York in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Staying on brand, the Governor said the reality of the State’s budget depends on how much aid NY receives from the federal government, particularly from President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Packag...
New York Capital Brief:
January 14, 2021
State of the State Address
This week, Governor Cuomo deviated from his traditional one-day State of the State address and instead, delivered his seven-point plan over the course o...
New York Capital Brief:
January 07, 2021
NYS Legislature ‘Gavels In’ for 2021 Session
The New York State Senate and Assembly kicked off the 2021 session on Wednesday, with most members participating virtually and very few members present in the Chambers. In December, the legislature convened briefly to extend the resolution that allows lawmakers to conduct all legislative session and voting procedures remotely through 2021. This rule change was initially implemented in March as a response to the COVID pan...
New York Capital Brief:
December 19, 2020
Nurse Receives First Vaccine in NY
On Monday, Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, was the first person in New York to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 ...
New York Capital Brief:
December 10, 2020
Fauci Approves NY’s ‘Critical Hospital Capacity’ Metric
Governor Cuomo was joined virtually by Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to deliver a joint warning to New Yorkers in light of the upcoming holiday...
Meet Hodes & Landy’s Legislative Intern, Olivia!
November 30, 2020
Olivia Vecchio has joined the H&L Team as a Legislative Intern to assist with all aspects of bill tracking and analysis, media monitoring, and special projects. Olivia is a current student at the University at Albany, SUNY, studying global political science and brings along experience from her time working on the staff of a State Senator and serving on a NY Congressional ca...