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[LISTEN] Community Matters – NY Assemblyman Andy Goodell: March 11, 2021 We discuss news out of Albany with Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R-Ellicott), who shares his thoughts on the ongoing sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the COVID-19 vaccination effort, and his thoughts on the State Budget process. He also talks about the proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Andy Goodell

The politicians breaking ranks with Cuomo and asking him to resign include a batch of progressive Democrats in the Legislature — as well as Kathleen Rice, a Democratic member of Congress from Long Island. Many Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, have called for Cuomo's resignation. But McLaughlin has faced high-profile complaints of his own. In September 2017, amid McLaughlin's initial run for county executive, the Times Union published audio of a female legislative aide on the phone with McLaughlin accusing him of roughing her up — a claim McLaughlin denied and th...

dphillips@post-journal.com Child care advocates were in Albany earlier this year calling on state officials to release the newest round of CARES Act funding in a more effective manner than the first round. Submitted photo A convoluted and arduous process has delayed state officials allocating a significant portion of $164 million in CARES Act funding for child care. Because of the problems during the first round of funding, how the state is going to handle distributing the next round of $469 million for child care is in question. To help the state make the system more transparent, child car...

Goodell Calls on Assembly Health Committee to Investigate DOH’s Nursing Home Policy Andy Goodell State Assembly is joining the chorus of criticism against Governor Andrew Cuomo as he continues to be scrutinized and investigated for his handling of nursing home residents during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Post-Journal reported over the weekend that Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R-Ellicott) wants the chair of the Democratic-controlled Assembly’s Health Committee to look into why the state chose to send some patients recovering from COVID-19 back into nursing homes. Goodell last week sent a let...

ALBANY, NY – Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay and Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt were joined by their colleagues today at the State Capitol to reinforce the need for the Legislature to finally remove Gov. Cuomo’s expanded emergency powers. Having spent the last several months rejecting repeated legislative attempts by Republicans to end the governor’s authorities, Democrats have now drafted a proposal to restore the Legislature’s status as a co-equal branch of government. “It should not have taken a national scandal regarding nursing home fatalities and federal investigation o...