GOP hosts closed-door meeting of top candidates for governor in 2022
Updated 10:05 AM;
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. Prominent New York Republicans flocked to Albany’s Renaissance Hotel on Monday to discuss the party’s plans for the 2022 gubernatorial campaign as incumbent Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo faces multiple investigations and polls showing decreasing approval of him from the public.
The attendees at Monday’s gathering pitched themselves to Republican county chairs and other party leaders in a meeting behind closed doors, delivering presentations and answering questions for about 15 to 20 minutes each. The symposium started around 10:30 a.m. and ran into the afternoon.
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Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on April 14, 2021 at 4:06 PM
Here’s some relief for the hospitality industry, courtesy my Capitol Bureau colleague Edward McKinley:
The curfew for bars and restaurants licensed to sell alcohol will be pushed back an hour, from 11 p.m. to midnight, starting on Monday (4/19), Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters.
The governor also said that horse races will be able to host crowds up to 20 percent of capacity starting next Friday. Other sporting events in New York have been open to the public for vaccinated people or those who present negative tests from within three days of the event for weeks.
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NY Legislature nears deal on recreational marijuana legalization
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Medical marijuana plants are seen at a Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, New York in a file photo.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. State legislators are nearing a deal to legalize recreational marijuana use for adult New Yorkers, but there’s currently an “impasse” on how to to deal with impaired driving and traffic stops by police, said Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
“It is a matter of when, not if. We are extremely close; we have continued to have negotiations and really have ironed out a lot of what we think would be important in terms of making sure that we do this right,” Stewart-Cousins said Tuesday during a news conference. “We have reached a little bit of an impasse right now, and it has to do with impaired driving there.”