Lawmakers react to reports Cuomo aides hid true number of nursing home deaths timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Legislature debates on a Friday and other near-apocalyptic signs
03/05/2021 04:00 PM EST
The Legislature is in session today, and it’s not because the budget’s late? Must be why pigs are soaring through Albany skies.
The bill to rein in some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency pandemic powers needed to “age” after it was introduced earlier this week, and is now being approved in the Legislature more like stinky cheese than fine wine.
The state Senate passed the measure on a 43-20 party-line vote. It’s not like Republicans want Cuomo to keep his king-like control; they don’t think the legislation goes far enough because it keeps multiple Cuomo orders alive.
TC’s Jordan Matsudaira Is Named Deputy Under Secretary of Education
ASSIGNMENT: WASHINGTON TC faculty member Jordan Matsudaira will be responsible for higher education policy in the U.S. Department of Education. (Photo: TC Archives)
Education Policy TC’s Jordan Matsudaira Is Named Deputy Under Secretary of Education
The Biden-Harris administration has named Jordan Matsudaira, Associate Professor of Economics & Education at Teachers College, to the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Education, with responsibility for higher education policy.
The appointment is the second major government post for Matsudaira. During the Obama administration, he served from 2013 to 2015 as Senior Economist and then Chief Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers. In those roles he worked on labor, education, and safety-net policies and regulations, including raising the minimum wage for federal contractors. He also led a multi-agency team that developed the
Congresswoman from the cul-de-sacs targets blue state bailouts thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.