Albany
Albany Shows its Work, and Eyes Deeper Reforms
Jarrett Murphy |
Two state senators weigh in on what lawmakers have been doing during the COVID-19 crisis, the laws they are now passing and the deeper reforms some want to consider.
New York State Senate
Sens. Benjamin (left) and Rivera (with New York Health Act co-author Assemblyman Richard Gottfried) are members of the Democratic majority in the Senate that pushed through a raft of ambitious legislation last year and now is debating how to react to COVID-19
Two state senators weigh in on what lawmakers have been doing during the COVID-19 crisis, the laws they are now passing and the deeper reforms some want to consider.
‘We’re urging the City Council to maintain funding for public defenders and help ensure that low-income New Yorkers have the support and services they need, and have access to justice that others take for granted.’
Residents, community groups and the borough president’s office are voicing their concerns over whether benefits promised to the neighborhood are being delivered–and how the COVID-19 budget crunch might affect the city’s ability to make good on the rest of the to-do list.