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New York's legal weed program plagued by inexperienced leaders, report finds
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the state licensing agency like a “mission-driven” startup rather than a government office, according to an internal review released Friday. The report detailed several...
Editorial Roundup: New York
New York Post. May 4, 2024. Editorial: New Yorkers are still paying for closing Indian Point Among the many ways New York is still paying for the erratic-but-forceful leadership of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the soaring expense and growing unreliability of the electric grid...
New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business...
New York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he's using it to campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — He's visiting Manhattan construction sites, decrying local crime and holding court in his gilded Fifth Avenue penthouse. After a years-long breakup with his hometown, Donald Trump is back in New York, this time as a criminal defendant. Stuck here most weekdays for...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. April 26, 2024. Editorial: What, New York worry? As big as it is, the state’s new budget fails to address a host of crises – and the lack of urgency is troubling. Remember the opioid crisis? It never went away. ...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 26 The Wall Street Journal on a potential Trump-Biden debate Is President Biden going to debate Donald Trump as the November election nears? “I am. Somewhere. I don’t know...
Upstate NY district attorney 'so sorry' for cursing at officer who tried to ticket her for speeding
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York district attorney apologized Monday after police video showed her cursing at an officer who tried to give her a speeding ticket and telling him to “just go away.” “Last Monday I failed you and the standards that I hold myself to, and...
Gusts of activity underway by friends and foes of offshore wind energy projects
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Government supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don't want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. April 24, 2024. Editorial: Don’t rush prison closures To prepare for shutdowns, communities where correctional facilities are economic lifelines need time — and help from the state. New York’s prison population dropped by...
New York lawmakers pass $237 billion budget with policies to jump-start housing market
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers passed a $237 billion state budget Saturday that includes plans to spur housing construction and combat unlicensed marijuana stores. The package also includes a raft of other measures such as expediting the closure of some state prisons,...
