New York Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith announced an agreement of Friday March 27 that would effectively end the harshest provisions of the New York Rockefeller Laws The Agreement ends mandatory jail for first-time and non-felony offenders. It also gives judges total…
I was going to post something about the comparative funding levels between the House and Senate versions of the stimulus legislation, but have just learned that ProPublica has already done so on their blog. Congratulations to ProPublica for a really good posting. Here is the link. http://www.propublica.org/special/the-stimulus-bills-house-vs.-senate
This posting links to a summary of the highlights of proposed stimulus legislation. including the Nelson-Collins Amendment and other floor amendments as of February 6, 2009. It is not a complete listing of all programs and spending included in the proposed legislation, but it provides a good overview for those…
FROM: News from the [New York] State Archives, Region 1, No. 1-2/2009. Preserving the American Historical Record Act (PAHR): The Act will authorize grants to support the essential evidence of American government and society held by state and local governments, historical societies, and libraries. Status: On May 15, 2008, the…
A Report of the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform, dated January 30, 2009 and released on February 3, 2009. The Report, Future of Sentencing in New York State, calls for reforms to New York Stae drug laws; determinate sentencing, graduated and sanctions for parole violators are among the…
On December 22, 2008 we posted a list of House committee assignments preferred by many freshman in the 111th congress. Although we have heard nothing more about House commitee assignments, we have heard from the Senate. Senate Majority Harry Reid has announced a partial list of the committee assignments he…
See the Proposed Report of the Special Investigation Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives regarding the possible impeachment of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich.
An update to the Brennan Center reports issued in 2004 and 2006 BY: Andrew Stengel, Lawrence Worden, and Laura Seago From the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law website at http://www.brennancenter.org/ Jan. 5, 2009 – In an update to reports released in 2004 and 2006,…
At the end of each year we work with the New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS) to compile a special list of legislation which has passed both houses of the legislature and been signed by the governor. Unlike some lists, this compilation contains added information such as effective dates. This…
I am grateful to Basil Tilmon of GalleryWatch, Inc. in Washington, D.C. for sending me the following information compiled by Sara Ditta and the CongressNow Staff and am posting it here with his permission. David Badertscher Freshman House Members’ Committee Preferences By: Sara Ditta CongressNow Staff Dec 22, 2008 12:00…