Governor Cuomo’s office says the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee is studying the technology behind the device known as a “textalyzer.” Instead of helping police tell if a driver has been drinking, it can read their smartphone and see if they were texting while behind the wheel. Police would either find your phone at the scene […]
E-cigarettes are now banned at schools throughout New York State under a bill signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The new law takes effect immediately. It makes it illegal to use e-cigarettes at public and private schools. The governor says that’s because nicotine use in any form has shown to be damaging to teens. […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has formally requested the federal government to declare the Lake Ontario shoreline a disaster area for home and business owners affected by the spring flooding. The governor’s office released a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency dated July 6th, but not made public until over the weekend. It calls for an […]