“New York’s parole system is broken, biased, and expensive, and from Brooklyn to Buffalo, New Yorkers agree that it is past time we enact commonsense reforms,” said NYUJ executive director Alexander Horwitz.
Four of the five bills have companion pieces before the Assembly, but it’s unclear if they’ll be approved before the end of the legislative session on June 10.
N.Y. Senate to pass package of bills overhauling harassment and NDA laws Denis Slattery
ALBANY New York lawmakers are hoping to strengthen protections for survivors of sexual harassment with a package of bills slated to pass the Senate this week.
Senate Democrats are poised to approve the five bills on Tuesday as Gov. Cuomo continues to be dogged by sexual harassment allegations from multiple women, including current and former staffers.
The measures would make state and all public employers subject to the Human Rights Law and ensure legislative and judicial staff who report violations of law and misconduct are not retaliated against among other changes.
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Nevada state lawmakers are bound by a state constitutional requirement to approve revenue-generating decisions with two-thirds majority votes, the state Supreme Court decided Thursday.
In a decision with more than $100 million in implications for lawmakers now in session, the seven justices sided unanimously with Republican state lawmakers and rejected arguments by Democrats.
The court declared the “plain language of the supermajority provision” requires more than a simple majority to extend existing revenue sources. In 2019, legislative attorneys advised Democratic leaders that they could prolong two revenue streams with simple majority votes a Department of Motor Vehicles transaction fee and a payroll tax.