Marijuana legalization looms in New York as deficit balloons
Democrats in control and poised to approve recreational drug use in New York
Dan Clark
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1of6Cannabis nearing harvest is grown inside the Vireo Health medical marijuana production facility on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Fulton County, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of6Cannabis nearing harvest is grown inside the Vireo Health medical marijuana production facility on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Fulton County, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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ALBANY The debate over legalizing marijuana for adult, recreational use in New York has been brewing for the last two years after Democrats took control of the state Legislature, but disagreements on the issue coupled with a global pandemic have kept it out of reach for lawmakers.
ALBANY, N.Y. â State University of New York has launched a free Online Training Center to give more New Yorkers a gateway to college, no matter where they live across the state.
The center, announced by State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras, features high school equivalency, college prep, and employment certification programs.
As phase one of Malatrasâ new SUNY For All campaign to expand access to higher education, the center will prepare eligible students for college and post-COVID careers with training and success coaches to guide them.
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Eligible students must be a New York state resident from a low- or moderate-income household, without a post-secondary degree, who may be unemployed or recently laid off.
ALBANY â Punctuating the impact Covid-19 is having on society, an abbreviated gathering of the New York State Electoral College met Monday in the cavernous state Assembly chamber to elect Democrats Joseph Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president.
The official vote for president from New York State came shortly after noon in a gathering of whoâs who of Democratic insider residents of the Empire State â including former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
âToday, let the people choose our government, said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who presided over the constitutionally required Electoral College meeting.