Chris Cuomo is Out

Chris Cuomo is Out

By Olivia Truffaut-Won, NY Mag One day after new reports detailed his involvement with his brother’s efforts to remain in office after multiple allegations of sexual harassment, Chris Cuomo has been suspended by CNN. According to the network, the decision comes as a direct result of the newly released transcripts from the New York attorney […]

Governor Cuomo Signs Landmark Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights

Governor Cuomo Signs Landmark Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights

Photo: Assemblyman David I. Weprin speaks in the Assembly Chambers. QUEENS, NEW YORK – After several decades of advocacy by supporters and elected officials, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the groundbreaking Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights A5494/S3419 into law guaranteeing adoptees in New York State unrestricted access to their original birth certificates. The legislation establishes the right of adoptees and descendants […]

New York Marijuana: Statewide Decriminalization Takes Effect Today

New York Marijuana: Statewide Decriminalization Takes Effect Today

By MSN NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York State law decriminalizing marijuana takes effect today. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure last month. “Communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long, and today we are ending this injustice once and for all,” he said in a statement at the time. “By […]

Senator Persaud’s Bill to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Employment Discrimination Signed into Law by Governor Cuomo

Senator Persaud’s Bill to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Employment Discrimination Signed into Law by Governor Cuomo

(Brooklyn, New York) — Legislation sponsored by Senator Roxanne J. Persaud that protects victims of domestic violence from discrimination in the workplace was signed into law yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Later in the day on Tuesday, Aug. 20, Governor Cuomo signed Bill S1040, which establishes victims of domestic violence as a protected class in […]