Senator Tom O’Mara, ranking member of the Senate Investigations Committee and Senator Sue Serino, ranking member of the Senate Aging Committee today called on Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to strip committee chair positions from legislators who refused to issue subpoenas and then were involved in a secret closed door meeting where a top aide to Governor Cuomo admitted to deliberately withholding information regarding nursing home deaths from the public, the Legislature, and the federal government.
NEW YORK NOW – Support for ending Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency law-making powers, granted to him by the Legislature to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, appears to be growing after news reports revealed that his top aides withheld key nursing home data from lawmakers last year.
Lawmakers are now arguing that the revelation should merit immediate action from the Legislature, albeit the preferred course varies depending on who you ask.
Credit: Gov. Cuomo’s Office
Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Cuomo, told Democrats behind closed doors this week that the Cuomo administration withheld data on COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents out of concern that it would put a target on their back for former President Donald Trump.
Betty Rosa, former Regents chancellor, named permanent education commissioner
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1of5Buy PhotoBetty Rosa, right, speaks with Andrew Brown after their election to the position of Chancellor and Vice Chancellor respectively of the New York State Board of Regents on Monday morning, March 21, 2016, during a meeting held at the Education Department building in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEINShow MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoBetty Rosa, center, reacts after being named Chancellor elect of the New York State Board of Regents during meeting held on Monday, March 21, 2016, at the Education Department building in Albany, N.Y. Rosa will take office on April 1st replacing Merryl H. Tisch. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEINShow MoreShow Less
Senate bill strives to diversify teaching profession in New York
In Capital Region, a diversity gap persists in public schools
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Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks about the coronavirus during a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The state Senate majority conference advanced a host of bills Wednesday seeking educational equity in New York, including creating pathways for more people of color to become educators.
The legislation requires investment in grow your own teacher initiatives, expands eligible religious holiday observances for SUNY and CUNY students, seeks ways to increase SUNY participation in financial aid grants for underserved populations, and provide more support, training, and mentorship opportunities for educators.