By Mitch Perry Pasco County PUBLISHED 6:04 PM ET Apr. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:04 PM EDT Apr. 01, 2021
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There are four people on the April 13 ballot for two city council seats in New Port Richey: incumbents Matt Murphy and Mike Peters and challengers Kate Connolly and Rachel Giuliani-Hagenbaugh.
Spectrum Bay News 9 spoke with all four candidates this week. In the first of a two-part series, we focus on the two challengers.
What You Need To Know
Four candidates running for city council in New Port Richey
Two women are challenging the incumbents
Election is on April 13
Rachel Giuliani-Hagenbaugh says she represents the “everyday resident” whose voice is too often not heard in New Port Richey city government.
By Emily Ngo New York City PUBLISHED 7:46 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:46 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2021
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In the two top-polling candidates for mayor, New York City has two showmen, masters of attention-grabbing antics.
Over the weekend, Eric Adams boxed at the historic Gleason’s Gym in Dumbo while Andrew Yang released a personal guide to New York City, complete with food photos he’d taken himself.
What You Need To Know
Andrew Yang s and Eric Adams made-for-TV moments help them stand out in crowded field
Adams has long used theatrics to highlight serious issues
Yang as a presidential and mayoral candidate showcases a fun-loving side
By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 4:40 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:40 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2021
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At a press conference this morning on the west side of the state Capitol, Ashley Livingston, a recovering opioid addict from Glens Falls, and an advocate for drug treatment and prevention, put the legislature on notice regarding opioid settlement money.
âSo help me, if they try to take these funds and put them into the general fund, which is a slush fund, I donât even know what I will do, but I will be back here and I will probably lose it. I canât probably say what I would do on TV, so Iâm not going to. But letâs just say Iâm going to be here every day,â Livingston warned.
By Shanel Dawson New York City PUBLISHED 11:39 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED March 31, 2021 @11:39 PM
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Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday morning signed the bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New York. According to the new law, New Yorkers ages 21 and older can now legally possess cannabis and consume it in public, wherever smoking tobacco is allowed. New Yorkers will also have permission to grow small quantities of marijuana at home.
But opponents of the initiative have long cautioned against the legalization of marijuana, claiming it could increase rates of substance abuse and impaired driving. They ve also argued that legalization could make the drug more accessible to children and teenagers, whose brains are especially vulnerable to cannabis, according to some studies.
Is This the Year NYS Pays Its Foundation Aid Debt? By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 4:14 PM ET Mar. 31, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:14 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2021
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One of the biggest questions surrounding the budget this year is whether it will include $4.3 billion for the state’s neediest schools: that’s $1.4 billion in Foundation Aid each year for the next three years.
Foundation Aid is the primary funding mechanism for school districts.
Advocates have been fighting for this funding since 2006, when, in the wake of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court lawsuit, former Governor Eliot Spitzer promised to provide $8.5 billion a year in additional education aid for New York City and other needy school districts. He was only able to provide a portion of the funding for one year before the housing crash turned the state’s