State governments all across the country are looking for new and innovative ways to address America’s crisis of corporate concentration, particularly when it comes to the power wielded by Big Tech firms such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook. New York, though, took the most significant positive step of them all this week when the state Senate approved the 21st Century Antitrust Act, proposed by Sen. Michael Gianaris.
The eviction moratorium s end could bring about a problem New Yorkers have been worried about almost since it was enacted: a wave of eviction cases hitting housing court, followed in short order by a spike in homelessness.
Although state and city officials have taken steps to avoid that outcome and they maintain that the pending rollout of a $2.7 billion state rent-relief program could go a long way toward preventing it housing advocates have concerns about what will happen when evictions are allowed to resume. Many of the cases that were pending before or are currently pending could be resolved by money, and that s what the federal money is supposed to do. And that s why we re trying to push the state to really get that money out there, said Judith Goldiner, attorney in charge of the Legal Aid Society s civil law reform unit. If I m wrong about that which could always be true too then, yes, there s certainly concern that we could be looking at many, many evictions starting in
Proposed New York Bill Seeks to Curb Fake Vaccination Cards
In an effort to crack down on fake vaccination cards, a New York lawmaker has unveiled legislation that would make forging or possessing a counterfeit immunization record a felony.
The bill, introduced by New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D), will add language to the definition of forgery in the penal law that would allow people who violate the law to be charged with a class D or C felony. A class D felony in New York is punishable by up to seven years in prison while a class C felony is punishable by up to 15 years.
Federal eviction moratorium thrown out. Is NY s ban still in place?
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A judge struck down a federal eviction moratorium Wednesday, but that won’t affect New York’s recent extension of its own moratorium to Aug. 31, state lawmakers said this week.
The federal moratorium was first enacted last spring and was extended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. President Joe Biden extended it again to June 30.
Meanwhile, New York enacted its own moratorium in December, which was extended to Aug. 31 by the state Legislature earlier this week.
by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square contributor | May 10, 2021 04:00 PM Print this article
A New York lawmaker has unveiled a bill that would make forging or possessing a fake vaccination document a felony, with offenders serving up to 15 years in prison depending on the magnitude of their offense.
The bill by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, would add forged immunization records, including COVID vaccination cards, to state laws prohibiting forged versions of official documents.
Possession or creation of such documents would be considered a Class D felony, punishable by up to seven years in prison. Anyone caught with 50 or more documents would face a Class C felony and could serve 15 years.