September 27, 2019
The Journal News, David Robinson, September 26, 2019- New York’s emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes has thrust it to the forefront of a politically charged battle over the fate of vaping in America. Amid the fight, tobacco and vaping companies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this year on …
August 27, 2018
Guns Magazine, Dave Workman, August 25, 2018- Anybody who still thinks gun control proponents have rolled over to play dead during the Trump administration isn’t thinking at all, because the fight to marginalize the Second Amendment is getting nastier, and the courts are becoming the new battleground. Perhaps nothing underscores …
May 15, 2018
New York Law Journal, Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan, May 9, 2018- The New York State Energy Plan, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, calls for a doubling to 50 percent of the portion of the electricity used in the state that comes from renewable sources by 2030. …
April 25, 2018
Staten Island Live, Clifford Michel, April 24, 2018- Rep. Daniel Donovan will introduce a bill that would withhold federal funds from “sanctuary cities,” including New York City. Sanctuary cities are local jurisdictions that don’t fully cooperate with the federal government’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The NYPD rejected 1,526 requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to …
April 25, 2018
Riverhead Local, Denise Civiletti, April 25, 2018- Single-use plastic carryout bags would be banned statewide under a bill introduced Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo’s bill would not impose any fees on the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags and also appears to pre-empt any local law — like Suffolk …