ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Tuesday his state will raise taxes and reduce spending if Congress doesn t send $15 billion in unrestricted emergency COVID-19 aid.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo presents his Fiscal Year 2022 Executive Budget Tuesday, Jan. 19, in Albany.
(Provided photo â Mike Groll, governorâs office) ALBANY New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Tuesday his state will raise taxes and reduce spending if Congress doesn’t send $15 billion in unrestricted emergency COVID-19 aid. The Democrat presented two vastly different budget scenarios: one if Congress provides New York with $6 billion and another if New York receives $15 billion. His state is facing a dramatic loss in sales and income tax revenue in the wake of sweeping COVID-19 restrictions that jettisoned last February’s budget projections. The governor blamed President Donald Trump’s administration for allowing COVID-19 to hit New York and the rest of the nation by failing to ban travel from Europe until mid-March. New York has now recorded nearly 42,000 deaths of people with COVID-19, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020 and led to many new laws that will take effect in the new year.
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Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of laws that will take effect in the new year.
Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. A resolution in Alabama formally encouraged fist-bumping over handshakes.
Legislatures also addressed police use of force against Black people and other people of color after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis led to widespread protests against police brutality. New laws will mandate oversight and reporting, create civilian review panels and require more disclosures about problem officers.
New U.S. Laws Coming In 2021: Virus Aid, Minimum Wage, Legal Marijuana
As Americans ring in 2021, an array of new laws will take effect from coast to coast. Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that will take effect in the new year.
New COVID and health care laws
Virus-related laws include those offering help to essential workers, boosting unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. A resolution in Alabama formally encouraged fist-bumping over handshakes.
While legislatures tackled some elements of the coronavirus outbreak this year, most sessions had ended before the current wave of cases, deaths and renewed stay-at-home orders. Lawmakers of both major parties have vowed to make the pandemic response a centerpiece of their 2021 sessions, addressing issues ranging from school reopenings to governors emergency powers.