Transforming New York’s social safety nets
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi calls for billions of dollars of new money to overhaul the state's human services sector.
Lawmakers challenge court’s role in foster care assignments
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi discusses the implementation of the Families First Prevention Services Act.
Legislature looks to curb anonymous child abuse reporting
The controversial system of anonymous child abuse reports could be changing in New York.
Old faces in new places in the legislature
The dust has settled (for now) in the latest game of musical chairs at the Capitol.
Supporting kids adopted from foster care
State lawmakers approved a bill to ensure subsidies are actually support kids adopted from foster care.
It’s a Dispatches potluck episode!
This week is a sampling of Planet Albany voices!
Work of child care task force lost into the ‘ether of state government’
When Gov. Kathy Hochul approved an extension of the state's Child Care Availability Task Force in 2021, she wrote in an approval memo that the stakeholders would be "integral in advising the state." "(The task force) will help guide
State Children & Family Services Commissioner explains Hochul’s child care investment
Hochul cabinet official defends governor's "measured" approach to expanding access to child care.
Lawmakers urge Cuomo to preserve expanded access to child care
Without immediate action by the state, thousands of families in New York could soon lose access to child care.
Lawmakers eye overhaul of child care in New York with federal dollars
Mar. 4, 2021 - Asm. Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families, weighed in on the need for more investment in the state’s child care system.
