Showing posts with label New York State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York State. Show all posts
Friday, November 8, 2019
Trump Ordered To Pay $2M After Misusing His Charity In ‘Pattern Of Illegality’ | Katy Tur | MSNBC
President Donald Trump must pay a $2 million judgment for improperly using his Trump Foundation to further his 2016 presidential campaign, a New York state judge ruled Thursday. The order appears to bring to an end the New York attorney general's lawsuit against the president and three of his adult children over the now-shuttered foundation, which the attorney general alleged had engaged in repeated "self-dealing." Aired on 11/7/19.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
FOCUS: Paul Manafort to Be Sent to New York's Rikers Island
04 June 19
FOCUS: Paul Manafort to Be Sent to New York's Rikers Island
Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News
Goldiner writes: "Paul Manafort is reportedly about to be transferred to Rikers Island as prosecutors in New York prepare to try him on a string of state charges."
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News
Goldiner writes: "Paul Manafort is reportedly about to be transferred to Rikers Island as prosecutors in New York prepare to try him on a string of state charges."
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Friday, May 17, 2019
Charles Pierce | I No Longer Believe House Democrats Will Uphold Their Constitutional Duty
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16 May 19
Charles Pierce | I No Longer Believe House Democrats Will Uphold Their Constitutional Duty
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "As John Mitchell, realizing that he was busted, once said to Carl Bernstein: 'Good god.'"
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "As John Mitchell, realizing that he was busted, once said to Carl Bernstein: 'Good god.'"
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Missouri governor Mike Parson. (photo: David A. Lieb/AP)
Missouri Could Be the Latest State to Pass an Extreme Abortion Ban
Lisa Ryan, The Cut
Ryan writes: "On the heels of Alabama's extreme abortion ban, which was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey this week, similarly harsh legislation was passed by the Missouri senate on Thursday - meaning it may soon become the latest state to enact a near-full ban on the medical procedure."
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Lisa Ryan, The Cut
Ryan writes: "On the heels of Alabama's extreme abortion ban, which was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey this week, similarly harsh legislation was passed by the Missouri senate on Thursday - meaning it may soon become the latest state to enact a near-full ban on the medical procedure."
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Anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia on 10 May. (photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
How a Right-Wing Group Accessed the White House to Spread Its Anti-Abortion Agenda
Julian Borger and Liz Ford, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Last spring, Laurie Shestack Phipps, a diplomat at the US mission to the UN, received a set of talking points from the state department before an international women's conference, setting out clear red lines against mention of 'sexual and reproductive health' care."
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Julian Borger and Liz Ford, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Last spring, Laurie Shestack Phipps, a diplomat at the US mission to the UN, received a set of talking points from the state department before an international women's conference, setting out clear red lines against mention of 'sexual and reproductive health' care."
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Purdue Pharmaceutical is the maker of OxyContin. (photo: CBS News)
Five More States Sue Purdue Pharma for Opioid Crisis
Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post
Bernstein writes: "Five states announced Thursday that they would sue Purdue Pharma and a member of the Sackler family that controls the drug company, accusing them of deceptively pushing powerful painkillers and misrepresenting the drugs' safety as they sparked the opioid crisis."
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Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post
Bernstein writes: "Five states announced Thursday that they would sue Purdue Pharma and a member of the Sackler family that controls the drug company, accusing them of deceptively pushing powerful painkillers and misrepresenting the drugs' safety as they sparked the opioid crisis."
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Protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge to demand Governor Cuomo block the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline. (photo: Erik McGregor/Getty)
Controversial Pipeline Project Looms Over New York's Bold Climate Agenda
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "A controversial pipeline has emerged as a major test of New York's clean energy ambitions, at a time when the state is marketing itself as a leader on climate action."
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E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "A controversial pipeline has emerged as a major test of New York's clean energy ambitions, at a time when the state is marketing itself as a leader on climate action."
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At least six civilians killed and dozens wounded as coalition jets strike residential areas in Yemen's capital. (photo: AFP)
Saudi-UAE Coalition Carries Out Deadly Air Raids on Yemen's Residential Areas of Capital
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "At least six civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens wounded in Saudi-UAE-led coalition air raids on residential areas and Houthi rebel military targets in Yemen's capital, Sanaa."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "At least six civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens wounded in Saudi-UAE-led coalition air raids on residential areas and Houthi rebel military targets in Yemen's capital, Sanaa."
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Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand. (photo: Silke Stuckenbrock)
Remote Island Chain Has Few People - but Hundreds of Millions of Pieces of Plastic
Christopher Joyce, NPR
Joyce writes: "When a marine biologist from Australia traveled to a remote string of islands in the Indian Ocean to see how much plastic waste had washed up on the beaches, here's just part of what she found: '373,000 toothbrushes and around 975,000 shoes, largely flip-flops,' says Jennifer Lavers of the University of Tasmania in Australia."
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Christopher Joyce, NPR
Joyce writes: "When a marine biologist from Australia traveled to a remote string of islands in the Indian Ocean to see how much plastic waste had washed up on the beaches, here's just part of what she found: '373,000 toothbrushes and around 975,000 shoes, largely flip-flops,' says Jennifer Lavers of the University of Tasmania in Australia."
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Friday, May 10, 2019
National Law Journal: DOJ's Anti-Obamacare Stance, Justice Dept. Spurns $12B 'Bait-and-Switch' Claims in SCOTUS Health Care Case
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'Race to the Bottom': Paul Clement Questions DOJ's Anti-Obamacare Stance
By Ellis Kim
Clement, speaking on a Federalist Society panel, said there are potential "costs to the system" when the Justice Department... Read More
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Justice Dept. Spurns $12B 'Bait-and-Switch' Claims in SCOTUS Health Care Case
By Mike Scarcella
Lawyers for health insurers contend the U.S. government is liable for billions of dollars under a cost-reimbursement... Read More
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Poll highlights frustrations with Albany corruption
Poll highlights frustrations with Albany corruption
By KAREN DEWITT
With just a few weeks left until the end of the legislative session, a new poll finds New York voters are still craving reform in state government, and they’d rather not see a new law to expand state gambling by legalizing daily fantasy sports.
For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that’s led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. Attorney’s investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s economic development programs.
“With three weeks to go in the legislative session ethics, fighting corruption is still the No. 1 issue for voters,” said Siena spokesman Steve Greenberg, who noted that 96 percent of New Yorkers continue to say that passing anti-corruption legislation is important.
The poll holds mixed news for Cuomo. He continues to be moderately popular, with 54 percent of New Yorkers viewing him favorably and 48 percent saying he’s doing a good job in office. Those numbers have remained constant for the past year. And two-thirds of those surveyed believe he is an ethical public official.
But some may be growing tired of the governor in office.
Greenberg said only 42 percent of those surveyed say they are prepared to elect Cuomo to a third term as governor, while 49 percent say they’d prefer someone else. Only slightly more than half of Democrats say they would support the governor in 2018. The rest would like a chance to vote for someone else next time around.
The head of the state’s Republican party, Ed Cox, jumped on Cuomo’s perceived weakness, pointing out that the governor’s job performance numbers have been “under water” for months now, and predicting that the ongoing investigation of the Buffalo Billion and other high-tech economic projects means that “dissatisfaction will grow.”
Cuomo’s people pointed out his continued favorable ratings above 50 percent, despite a month of bad headlines about the ongoing federal probe.
Cuomo says if there is no ethics reform this year, it won’t be his fault. He says he’s trying to press the legislature to agree to changes, and has even released eight different versions of a bill to end a campaign finance loophole that allows limited liability companies to skirt donation limits. But he’s doing his best to lower expectations, as he did during a recent appearance in New York City.
“I think we will get some ethics reform,” Cuomo said on May 17. “I don’t think we will get all the ethics reform I would like.”
The poll also found that most New Yorkers want the state to permit ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City, but they are not in favor of a proposal to legalize daily fantasy sports gambling, including games offered on popular websites like FanDuel or DraftKings. That bill is likely to advance through legislative committees later this week.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Rocky's Law! Every state should follow!
New York Bully Crew
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THIS IS HUGE and needs to be implemented all over the country!!!
Orange County Legislator Mike Anagnostakisis elated after Wednesday’s committee meeting outcome. In a 7-0 vote “Rocky’s Law” is one step closer to a becoming reality. It was unanimously approved to post the names of convicted animal abusers on the county website and prohibit them from acquiring other animals.”Rocky’s Law” was named after a 3-year-old Staffordshire terrier whose owner Edwardo Macedowas arrested last month for allegedly leaving his dog outside in freezing temperatures and snow in the City of Newburgh for five weeks while he went on vacation. Suffering from life-threatening injuries, Rocky had to be euthanized.Anagnostakis’ proposal would input anyone convicted of abusing an animal in Orange County on an Internet registry. They will also be prohibited from buying or adopting an animal for 15 years, and will be required to register on an animal abuser registry within five days of their conviction or after being released from jail or prison if they are incarcerated. Not reporting convictions would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of $2,000 for each day they fail to register. The proposed law also has potentially stiff penalties for abusers who buy or adopt an animal and for any store, shelter or person who provides it to them. Anagnostakis contends the penalties he proposed would be the strictest in New York state.
THIS IS HUGE and needs to be implemented all over the country!!!
Orange County Legislator Mike Anagnostakisis elated after Wednesday’s committee meeting outcome. In a 7-0 vote “Rocky’s Law” is one step closer to a becoming reality. It was unanimously approved to post the names of convicted animal abusers on the county website and prohibit them from acquiring other animals.”Rocky’s Law” was named after a 3-year-old Staffordshire terrier whose owner Edwardo Macedowas arrested last month for allegedly leaving his dog outside in freezing temperatures and snow in the City of Newburgh for five weeks while he went on vacation. Suffering from life-threatening injuries, Rocky had to be euthanized.Anagnostakis’ proposal would input anyone convicted of abusing an animal in Orange County on an Internet registry. They will also be prohibited from buying or adopting an animal for 15 years, and will be required to register on an animal abuser registry within five days of their conviction or after being released from jail or prison if they are incarcerated. Not reporting convictions would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of $2,000 for each day they fail to register. The proposed law also has potentially stiff penalties for abusers who buy or adopt an animal and for any store, shelter or person who provides it to them. Anagnostakis contends the penalties he proposed would be the strictest in New York state.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
OMG! New York passed SINGLE PAYER!
For the first time in over 20 years, the New York State Assembly has passed a#SinglePayer bill! http://www.capitalnewyork.com/…/assembly-passes-universal-h…
Monday, February 10, 2014
3,000+ Birds Seized in Cockfighting Bust
On February 8-9, the ASPCA, at the request of the New York State Attorney General's Office, along with the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office and the New York State Police, assisted with the removal, transport and sheltering of as many as 3,000 fighting roosters in the largest cockfighting case in New York State history.
The ASPCA seized 65 birds as a result of a cockfighting bust by law enforcement agencies in Woodhaven, Queens. Six arrests were made for violation of the animal fighting law. The ASPCA also discovered rooster carcasses that had been killed earlier in the night during the cockfighting event.
Simultaneously, police executed a search warrant at a pet shop in Brooklyn, resulting in the seizure of 50 roosters as well as other animals including hamsters, finches, rabbits and snakes. ASPCA responders found the roosters living inside metal cages in the basement of the pet shop, with physical alterations to the roosters consistent with cockfighting.
At both properties, cockfighting paraphernalia, including artificial spurs, candle wax, medical adhesive tape, syringes used to inject performance enhancing drugs to strengthen the roosters’ fighting ability, was discovered.
The following morning, February 9, the ASPCA assisted law enforcement agencies as they raided a 90-acre farm where as many as 3,000 roosters and hens were seized. The ASPCA established a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location, where the birds will be cared for and housed pending disposition.
Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states. With your help, we can save thousands of animal victims from blood sports like cockfighting and dog fighting. Thank you for your support.
Please consider making a contribution to support the efforts of the ASPCA to protect animals:
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
TransCanada Pipeline Explodes! Can we send Ted Cruz back? et al
TransCanada gas pipeline exploded last night near Otterburne, just south of Winnipeg. No injury reports, five houses evacuated.
"Thought it was the neighbours' house or something like that," said eyewitness Tyler Holigroski. "I thought there was a fire, but the way it lit the sky, it was like the sun coming up. The only thing is it was flashing. It would get brighter, get dim, get brighter, go dim. It lit up the whole sky here for half an hour. The sky's still glowing, actually."
"Thought it was the neighbours' house or something like that," said eyewitness Tyler Holigroski. "I thought there was a fire, but the way it lit the sky, it was like the sun coming up. The only thing is it was flashing. It would get brighter, get dim, get brighter, go dim. It lit up the whole sky here for half an hour. The sky's still glowing, actually."
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I apologize to all sane gun owners but it makes me sick to think you can't count on going out any longer without risk to your life. Due to people with guns. Period. Thank you, NRA, you suck.
I apologize to all sane gun owners but it makes me sick to think you can't count on going out any longer without risk to your life. Due to people with guns. Period. Thank you, NRA, you suck.
Mass shootings are on the rise—and ordinary citizens with guns don't stop them, no matter what the NRA says http://bit.ly/12UD31K
Trains filled with Bakken crude oil that have been rolling into New York recently are basically bombs on rails.
Send a letter to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation urging it to rescind its recently approved permit for crude oil transport and instead conduct a full review.
It's not too late to put the brakes on these trains before the state of New York plays host to an oil bomb.
Send a letter to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation urging it to rescind its recently approved permit for crude oil transport and instead conduct a full review.
It's not too late to put the brakes on these trains before the state of New York plays host to an oil bomb.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Still blindly following the Koch's Tea Party?
New York State consulted the Koch Brother’s Company concerning their contracting of Election Voting Machines
The Koch Brothers are known for oil and energy and are lesser known for some of its other companies. Not only have the Koch brothers spent millions on elections, many states have spent millions using them as leasing company, and the one question remained did the Koch Brothers have anything involved to do with the … Continue readingState Documents I acquired Show One South Carolina City has Outstanding City Debts being Paid to the Koch Brothers, and another major County that Paid
Absurd, Republican donor, the Koch Brother’s Commercial telling Young People to say NO to Obamacare, while They took Millions from the President’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Koch Brothers Laid off Thousands while Spending Big on Campaigns, Conservative Think Tanks, Lobbying, etc.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%
This is the Affordable Care plan that House Republicans keep voting to destroy over and over and over and over again.
It's time to boot from office those who don't work for Americans.
It's time to boot from office those who don't work for Americans.
Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%
By RONI CARYN RABIN and REED ABELSON
Published: July 16, 2013
Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State as changes under the federal health care law take effect, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday.
State insurance regulators say they have approved rates for 2014 that are at least 50 percent lower on average than those currently available in New York. Beginning in October, individuals in New York City who now pay $1,000 a month or more for coverage will be able to shop for health insurance for as little as $308 monthly. With federal subsidies, the cost will be even lower.
Supporters of the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, credited the drop in rates to the online purchasing exchanges the law created, which they say are spurring competition among insurers that are anticipating an influx of new customers. The law requires that an exchange be started in every state.
“Health insurance has suddenly become affordable in New York,” said Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president for health initiatives with the Community Service Society of New York. “It’s not bargain-basement prices, but we’re going from Bergdorf’s to Filene’s here.”
“The extraordinary decline in New York’s insurance rates for individual consumers demonstrates the profound promise of the Affordable Care Act,” she added.
Administration officials, long confronted by Republicans and other critics of President Obama’s signature law, were quick to add New York to the list of states that appear to be successfully carrying out the law and setting up exchanges.
“We’re seeing in New York what we’ve seen in other states like California and Oregon — that competition and transparency in the marketplaces are leading to affordable and new choices for families,” said Joanne Peters, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
The new premium rates do not affect a majority of New Yorkers, who receive insurance through their employers, only those who must purchase it on their own. Because the cost of individual coverage has soared, only 17,000 New Yorkers currently buy insurance on their own. About 2.6 million are uninsured in New York State.
State officials estimate as many as 615,000 individuals will buy health insurance on their own in the first few years the health law is in effect. In addition to lower premiums, about three-quarters of those people will be eligible for the subsidies available to lower-income individuals.
“New York’s health benefits exchange will offer the type of real competition that helps drive down health insurance costs for consumers and businesses,” said Mr. Cuomo.
The plans to be offered on the exchanges all meet certain basic requirements, as laid out in the law, but are in four categories from most generous to least: platinum, gold, silver and bronze. An individual with annual income of $17,000 will pay about $55 a month for a silver plan, state regulators said. A person with a $20,000 income will pay about $85 a month for a silver plan, while someone earning $25,000 will pay about $145 a month for a silver plan.
The least expensive plans, some offered by newcomers to the market, may not offer wide access to hospitals and doctors, experts said.
While the rates will fall over all, apples-to-apples comparisons are impossible from this year to next because all of the plans are essentially new insurance products.
The rates for small businesses, which are considerably lower than for individuals, will not fall as precipitously. But small businesses will be eligible for tax credits, and the exchanges will make it easier for them to select a plan. Roughly 15,000 plans are available today to small businesses, and choosing among them is particularly challenging.
“Where New York previously had a dizzying array of thousands upon thousands of plans, small businesses will now be able to truly comparison-shop for the best prices,” said Benjamin M. Lawsky, the state’s top financial regulator.
Officials at the state Department of Financial Services say they have approved 17 insurers to sell individual coverage through the New York exchange, including eight that are just entering the state’s commercial market. Many of these are insurers specializing in Medicaid plans that cater to low-income individuals.
North Shore-LIJ Health System, the large hospital system on Long Island, intends to offer a health plan for individuals as well as businesses for the first time. Some of the state’s best-known insurers, UnitedHealth Group and WellPoint, are also expected to participate. Insurers may decline to participate after they receive approval for their rates, but this is unlikely.
For years, New York has represented much that can go wrong with insurance markets. The state required insurers to cover everyone regardless of pre-existing conditions, but did not require everyone to purchase insurance — a feature of the new health care law — and did not offer generous subsidies so people could afford coverage.
With no ability to persuade the young and the healthy to buy policies, the state’s premiums have long been among the highest in the nation. “If there was any state that the A.C.A. could bring rates down, it was New York,” said Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University who closely follows the federal law.
Mr. Jost and other policy experts say the new health exchanges appear to be creating sufficient competition, particularly in states that have embraced the exchanges and are trying to create a marketplace that allows consumers to shop easily.
“That’s a very different dynamic for these companies, and it’s prodding them to be more aggressive and competitive in their pricing,” said Sabrina Corlette, a professor at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reform.
But some consumers may still find the prices and plans disappointing. Jerry Ball, 46, who owns a recycling business in Queens, said the cost of covering his family increased so rapidly in the last few years that he had to scale back their coverage. Still, he pays nearly $18,000 a year for a high-deductible policy for a family of three.
He said he would be reluctant to part ways with his insurer, Oxford, and was disappointed that even the least expensive Oxford plan being offered next year would cost about as much as he pays now.
With another plan, he said: “Will I be able to maintain my doctors? I’m concerned that some of the better doctors aren’t going to take health insurance.”
He acknowledged that the new law would allow him for the first time to easily switch plans, but it is still hard for him to believe it guarantees coverage for pre-existing conditions. “I have to be careful. I can’t be denied coverage, right?” he asked.
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