NEW YORK NOW – State lawmakers could take another crack this year at bolstering laws on public ethics and transparency, and those conversations have already started among members of the state Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Tuesday.
It wouldn’t be a new topic to address in Albany, but there’s renewed interest among lawmakers given the multiple controversies surrounding Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Credit: New York State Senate
“You can be assured that we’ve already started to have those conversations, and we will continue to have those conversations,” Stewart-Cousins said.
Photo by William Alatriste, New York City Council.
It’s safe to say no other neighborhood organization does “photo ops” quite as well as the Lower East Side Girls Club. Today, however, was a special occasion. This morning, Girls Club supporters came to 101 Avenue D to celebrate a big achievement the beginning of construction on the group’s new 30,000 sq/ft headquarters.
Lots of elected officials were there, including Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, State Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and State Senator Daniel Squadron. Of more interest to the pack of photographers elbowing their way through the construction site: LES native and longtime Girls Club supporter Rosario Dawson, who emceed the event.
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