The state Legislature on Monday will pass a bill that would extend an eviction moratorium until May 1 and strengthen a variety of laws for renters and homeowners
New York State Team
ALBANY - Former Western New York Rep. Chris Collins was one of 15 pardons and commutations made Tuesday evening by President Donald Trump.
Collins is serving a 26-month sentence in Florida after pleading guilty in January to securities fraud and making false statements to the FBI.
The Republican congressman s sprawling district stretched across the Buffalo and Rochester suburbs, and he resigned from office in September 2019 as part of the plea deal after serving seven years in Congress.
Collins, a former Erie County executive, was an early and vocal supporter of Trump s run for president in 2016 as the first member of Congress to endorse him.
ALBANY - The Big Apple continues to get smaller.
New York s population continued to decline more than any state in the nation in new figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Empire State s population fell by 126,355 people between July 2019 and July 2020, to 19.3 million, a drop of 0.65%, according to the preliminary figures. That s the most of any state by total and by percentage.
Population decline continues to be a problem for New York, and it could play out in 2022 during federal reapportionment. At this rate, New York could lose as many as two U.S. House seats; it will certainly lose one, dropping it from 27 to 26 seats and impacting its clout in Washington.
New York State Team
ALBANY - New York plans to close three prisons in the coming weeks as it continues to lower its incarceration rates and consolidates its sprawling correctional facilities.
The state said Monday the closures will affect the Watertown prison in northern New York, the Gowanda prison outside Buffalo and the Clinton Annex, which is part of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora near the Canadian border.
The closures will save the state about $89 million a year and a reduce its inventory by about 2,750 beds, state officials said. While conducting the review, DOCCS based the decision on a variety of factors, including but not limited to physical infrastructure, program offerings, facility security level, specialized medical and mental health services, said Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.