ALBANY â Senators and members of the Assembly on Tuesday persisted with hours of debate about taxing the rich, requiring nursing homes to spend 70% of revenue on patient care and other budget policies with the intent of passing the 2021-22 state spending plan six days late.
The stateâs historic $212 billion spending plan includes a provision to legalize mobile sports betting; a new program to map the stateâs availability and cost of high-speed internet services; $29.5 billion in school aid; $29 billion to grow the stateâs green infrastructure and economy; a $105 million expansion for full-day pre-Kindergarten in all public school districts; and $2.1 billion for benefits for excluded essential workers such as undocumented immigrants and people recently released from prison.
NY state budget: Deal to freeze SUNY tuition, expand TAP aid
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Exterior view of the New York State Capitol, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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Albany, N.Y. New York state’s looming budget deal includes a $56 million boost in state funds for public colleges and a three-year tuition freeze at SUNY and CUNY schools, several lawmakers and stakeholders confirmed Tuesday.
The tentative spending plan also includes increased investment in the state’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), which benefits both public and private college students.
New York State Team
College students better think twice before lighting up a celebratory joint on campus in honor of New York legalizing recreational marijuana.
That s the message hitting inboxes across the State University of New York system after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved legalizing marijuana use and possession for adults over 21.
Clarence McNeill, dean of students at the University at Albany, on Tuesday explained the reason why marijuana remained banned on campuses in an email to students obtained by USA TODAY Network New York. Despite this change to state law, the use and possession of marijuana on UAlbany’s campuses remains prohibited under federal law, he wrote.
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PETERBOROUGH Tim Schloemer and Maria Adolphson have joined the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript’s staff as ad sales representatives. Both will be serving customers in the Keene area, and Adolphson will also work in Dublin and Marlborough.
Schloemer plans to use his background in printmaking and preparing art exhibits to help design eye-catching advertisements for his clients at the Ledger-Transcript.
Schloemer, 50, who recently joined the paper’s staff, will be covering the Keene territory. He has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa and a Masters of Fine Arts in printmaking from the State University of New York in Albany. A native of Iowa, he worked for the New York State Museum in Albany as an exhibit specialist for 10 years, putting together shows that were distributed to museums around the state.
College students better think twice before lighting up a celebratory joint on campus in honor of New York legalizing recreational marijuana.
That s the message hitting inboxes across the State University of New York system after state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved legalizing marijuana use and possession for adults over 21.
Clarence McNeill, dean of students at the University at Albany, on Tuesday explained the reason why marijuana remained banned on campuses in an email to students obtained by USA TODAY Network New York. Despite this change to state law, the use and possession of marijuana on UAlbany’s campuses remains prohibited under federal law, he wrote.