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04.11.2025 - 13:12 [ nysfocus.com ]

Here’s Every Bill That Kathy Hochul Vetoed in 2024

(January 3, 2025)

In her first three full years in office, she axed an average of roughly one in seven bills that went to her desk, a higher rate than her recent predecessors. And she has continued to negotiate so-called chapter amendments to dozens of other bills, signing less legislation as the legislature passed it than any governor since at least George Pataki — a Republican who presided over a divided legislature for his entire tenure. (Hochul, by contrast, has only ever worked with a legislature led by her fellow Democrats.)

This year, she vetoed 124 standalone bills as well as 15 line items in the state budget.

04.11.2025 - 13:03 [ Legalclarity.org ]

New York State Executive Law: Powers and Responsibilities

Governor’s Powers

The governor of New York holds broad authority under the state constitution and Executive Law, serving as the chief executive responsible for enforcing state laws. Article IV, Section 3 grants the governor the power to propose legislation, approve or veto bills, and convene special legislative sessions. The veto power includes a line-item veto for budget appropriations, allowing the governor to eliminate specific expenditures without rejecting an entire bill. Overriding a veto requires a two-thirds majority in both legislative chambers, making gubernatorial decisions difficult to overturn without strong legislative opposition.

The governor also controls the state’s budgetary process under Article VII, submitting an annual executive budget that outlines expenditures and revenue sources. The Court of Appeals, in Silver v. Pataki (2004), upheld the governor’s dominant role in budget negotiations, reinforcing executive influence over financial policy. This control extends to discretionary funds allocated for economic development, infrastructure, and other initiatives without legislative approval.

04.11.2025 - 12:58 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Bürgermeisterwahl in New York Mamdani – klarer Favorit mit besonderen Plänen

Mamdani gehört zum linken Flügel der Demokratischen Partei. Er bezeichnet sich selbst als Sozialist und will seine Wahlversprechen am liebsten durch Steuererhöhungen für Reiche und Unternehmen umsetzen. Dafür bräuchte er allerdings die Unterstützung der Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates New York.

02.11.2025 - 16:24 [ Stol.it ]

New York wählt neuen Bürgermeister – 34-jähriger Linker Favorit

Mamdani wurde 1991 als Sohn indischstämmiger Eltern in Uganda geboren; seine Mutter ist Filmemacherin, sein Vater ein renommierter Politikprofessor. Später zog die Familie nach New York. Seit seinem Studium engagiert sich Mamdani politisch und gehört als Mitglied der „Democratic Socialists of America“ zum linken Flügel der Demokraten. 2021 zog er für seinen Wahlkreis im New Yorker Stadtteil Queens ins Parlament des Bundesstaats New York ein.

16.06.2025 - 15:41 [ CNN ]

Minnesota lawmaker shootings suspect captured

• Shoot-out and escape: Officers responded to a shooting at Hoffman’s address around 2 a.m. local time and were still investigating when, about an hour and a half later, officers who went to check on Hortman found a man coming out of her house. The gunman exchanged fire with officers and escaped.

• Stun gun and law enforcement gear: The suspect was dressed like a police officer when he came out of Hortman’s home and was driving a vehicle that looked like a patrol car. He was wearing “a vest, with Taser, other equipment,” Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley said Saturday during a news conference.

• What we know about the suspect: Boelter served on a state board with Hoffman. In 2019, Walz put him on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board, a group of business owners who recommend policies to the state government.

27.04.2023 - 18:39 [ The Technocrat, MIT Technology ]

Why child safety bills are popping up all over the US

The laws also expose the lack of federal protections for everyone’s security, privacy, and freedoms online, regardless of age, says Bailey Sanchez, policy counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum, another DC-based think tank. (Current federal laws prohibit websites from collecting data on users under the age of 13.)

“Someday that 17-year-old is going to turn 18, and unless they’re in a handful of states, there is no privacy law that applies to them,” she says.

19.11.2021 - 14:51 [ CNN ]

Florida set to become first state to fine businesses over vaccine mandates, in defiance of Biden administration

(18.11.2021)

Acting mostly along party lines, the Florida House and Senate passed a package of four bills protecting workers who remain defiant against Covid-19 vaccinations. Once signed by DeSantis — which is expected in the coming days — Florida will become the first state with a law imposing fines on companies that require a Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.

06.06.2020 - 15:15 [ New York Times ]

Cities Ask if It’s Time to Defund Police and ‘Reimagine’ Public Safety

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, some cities are asking if the police are being asked to do jobs they were never intended to do. Budgets are being re-evaluated.

06.06.2020 - 15:04 [ theIntercept.com ]

Hundreds of Activists and Elected Officials Call on Mayors and Cops to Decrease Police Power

Non-reformist reforms seek abolition as an end goal, and include defunding and demilitarizing the police — a demand that has long been considered politically impossible but has entered mainstream discourse over the last week and is reflected in the letters sent Friday.

The letter to police chiefs asks them to help curb the power of police unions. “Making sure that unions aren’t as powerful so that you can keep bad apples on the force, and prevent robust oversight and disciplinary action,” Medwed said.

03.06.2020 - 20:13 [ @aaronnarraph / Twitter ]

Okay, here we go: Of the 59 Assembly Democrats running again in NYC, 25 (42%) have taken law enforcement (police, correction, or court officer) money this cycle.

NOTE: DenDekker, Simotas, and Lentol are all in the top 10. All face challengers in increasingly-leftist districts.

03.06.2020 - 20:09 [ CNN ]

A 19-year-old called out New York Democrats accepting police campaign donations. To his surprise, many have listened

„I‘ve been looking at state finance disclosures for candidates in New York and I was noticing a lot of police money, law enforcement money taken by Democrats claiming to be against it,“ he said. „I was making this spreadsheet. Then (the death of) George Floyd happened — so many people responded and it got, like, a hundred likes in a couple hours? So people wanted to see this.“
Since sharing his „Who‘s Taking Cop Money?“ Google spreadsheet on Twitter on May 29, eight Democrats — including a state senator, state assembly members and New York councilmembers — have vowed to donate their police-funded contributions to bail funds or criminal justice reform organizations.

03.06.2020 - 19:35 [ American Civil Liberties Union New York Chapter - nyclu.org ]

This Law Makes It Nearly Impossible to Police the Police in New York

(19. April 2018)

For instance, the public has a clear interest in knowing that at least 319 NYPD employees were allowed to keep their jobs, even after committing offenses that NYPD leaders have always assured us were fireable. Those pushing for more police in schools in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, might want to know that three school safety officers found guilty of using excessive force against students were punished with just five lost vacation days. And anyone concerned about false information leading to wrongful convictions might like to know that more than 100 employees accused of “lying on official reports, under oath, or during an internal affairs investigation” were punished with as little as a few days of lost vacation.

Much of this information would have been made publicly available up until recently. But in 2016 the NYPD suddenly decided, after decades of posting so-called police “personnel orders,” that doing so violated section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law, which limits the release of certain police personnel records.

05.05.2020 - 14:35 [ theGatewayPundit.com ]

“We’re Tired of Your Lies!” – Protesters Gather Outside of Massachusetts State House Demanding Governor Reopen State (VIDEOS)

Demonstrators were also protesting the authoritarian mask mandate that takes effect on Wednesday.

Dubbed the “Liberty Rally,” the protest, promoted by conservative radio host Jeffrey Kuhner, was planned in the event Republican Governor Charlie Baker didn’t reopen businesses on May 4.

Governor Baker extended his state’s stay-at-home order until May 18 and signed an order requiring Massachusetts residents to wear masks in public.

02.05.2020 - 12:33 [ UpperMichigansSource.com ]

Michigan House and Senate will not extend emergency declaration

The step came as hundreds of conservative activists, including some who were openly carrying rifles, returned to the Capitol to denounce her stay-at-home order.

Whitmer wanted lawmakers to extend her emergency declaration by 28 days. It expires late Thursday.