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DEC moves toward complete ban of long-used pesticide
Feb. 5, 2021 - The Department of Environmental Conservation has released proposed regulations for the pesticide, chlorpyrifos. Peter Lehner,
Feb. 5, 2020: Feeding New York’s hungry
What more can be done to help feed New York’s hungry? Dan Egan, Executive Director of Feeding New York,
Feb. 5, 2020: New NYSBA report outlines support for recreational marijuana
A new report from the New York State Bar Association has come out in support of the legalization of
Feb. 5, 2020: Human Services and the Governor’s budget
Glenn Liebman, CEO of the Mental Health Association in New York State, weighed in on the Governor’s budget proposal
Feb. 5, 2020: Social media backlash to bail changes
The changes to the state’s bail laws passed by the state legislature last year have become a hot button
Feb. 4, 2020: Sen. Anna Kaplan on lessons learned and priorities
Sen. Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), chair of the Senate Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business Committee, stopped by to
Feb. 4, 2020: Setting up for a bail law legal challenge
Brendan Lyons, Senior Editor at the Times Union, filled us in on a story he is following on the
Feb. 4, 2020: Mental Health Funding
Budget hearing season in Albany is still going strong with Monday’s hearing on mental health. Assembly Mental Health Committee
Feb. 3, 2020: NY Farm Bureau legislative priorities
What is the New York Farm Bureau watching for this legislative session? The organization’s Director of Public Policy, Jeff
