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NY senator: It's time to put aside abortion fight
A key abortion rights' Democrat says it's time to drop Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion legislation, a move that would likely end the protracted debate on it this year. Sen. Diane Savino said Thursday that the abortion fight should no longer threaten the other nine points of Cuomo's proposal to strengthen ...
NY Legislature to require heart screens of babies
Newborns would be required to be tested for congenital heart defects under a new, quick screening process that New York lawmakers agreed to Wednesday. If signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the measure would require all birthing facilities to administer the test called pulse oximetry screening. The one-minute procedure ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The Times Union of Albany on the "Women's Equality Act" and the politics of abortion. June 9 As the letter of the law stands in New York today, it is illegal for a woman to have an abortion in her third trimester of pregnancy unless her life is at stake. ...
Opponents of Cuomo's abortion bill step up in NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's high-priority proposal to strengthen the existing right for women to have abortions after six months of pregnancy when the fetus is viable outside the womb is energizing not just his liberal Democratic base, but opponents who call it a stealth expansion of abortion. Cuomo released the bill ...
RI to build charging stations for electric cars
Rhode Island got its first public charging station for electric vehicles at a furniture store in West Warwick back in 2010, before the electric-powered Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S debuted to rave reviews. Three years later, the state has 11 public charging stations, the most recent one ...
State laws varied on gun, abortion laws
The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns. The result is an uneven medley of state laws, which means that ...
Cuomo releases his 3-casino plan for upstate NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed authorizing three Las Vegas-type casinos in upstate New York, two video slot machine centers in western New York and a moratorium on casinos in New York City. Prohibiting a casino in any of New York City's five boroughs is a new element. Cuomo had previously ...
NYC Council airs proposals to handle storms better
After months of mulling the city's response to Superstorm Sandy, lawmakers proposed Wednesday to require backup generators for traffic lights, a system to track everyone in shelters for people with medical problems and other changes in emergency response. The City Council proposals also include planning for emergency bus and ferry ...
CUOMO PLAN MAY HINGE ON MEASURE ON ABORTION
c.2013 New York Times News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled his long-promised Women’s Equality Act, a 10-point plan whose controversial final element, which includes codifying federal abortion rights into state law, could determine the fate of various other anti-discrimination provisions included in the bill. ...
NY gov's women's rights bill faces abortion fight
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point proposal calling for women's rights protections from the work place to the shadowy world of human trafficking was endorsed by several women's advocates Tuesday, but faces strong opposition in the Senate over its abortion provisions. Cuomo released the bill Tuesday, detailing his women's rights proposal for ...
Cardinal Dolan: NY abortion push no help to women
Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion proposal runs the risk of broadly expanding late-term abortions in New York, where 1 in 3 pregnancies already end in abortion. Dolan, who was most recently the archbishop of New York, also says the so-called conscience protection in Cuomo's bill is ...
Cuomo to push his abortion proposal amid obstacles
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to begin his last major push Tuesday for his proposal to strengthen abortion rights even as Senate opposition builds. Cuomo drew swift opposition in January after he issued his rousing, repeated battle cry of: "Because it's her body, it's her choice!" in his State of ...
Amanpour's husband resigns as Port Authority head
The husband of CNN foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour has resigned as commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A spokesman for the Port Authority confirms Sunday that James Rubin's last day was Wednesday. He was appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/15rgJ1h ...
Public-private partnership pushes '3-D printing'
A New York college and business leaders said Thursday that they are creating a program to train people to operate in the burgeoning field of three-dimensional printing. The so-called 3-D printing program was announced at the State University of New York at New Paltz. It would lead to the first ...
NY's tax-free business plan is bold but uncertain
Through much of the last century, New York built America's locomotives, automobile parts, steel girders and more through three shifts a day. Today, the Empire State is next to last on CEOs' list of states to set up shop. The decline came over more than four decades of economic erosion ...
Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first day of campaigning than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy ...
DONORS URGE CUOMO TO PRESS FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF STATE CAMPAIGNS
c.2013 New York Times News Service ALBANY, N.Y. — As the capital is engulfed in scandals, advocates of campaign finance reform are intensifying their pressure on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, urging him to persuade the Legislature to rewrite state elections law in the hope that change in New York could ...
NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law. The governor confirmed his administration sent what he called a "pro forma" letter advising Kardashian that her T-shirt line resembles the logo of a ...
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