Governor Cuomo has signed legislation eliminating New York’s religious exemption for child vaccinations. The state Assembly and Senate quickly passed the legislation in response to the downstate measles outbreak, driven by a large number of unvaccinated children in several Orthodox Jewish communities.
The Federal Highway Administration has docked New York State $14 million, for not taking down those “I Love NY” road signs that turned out to violate federal highway rules. Governor Cuomo had the blue signs that name regional attractions installed statewide. More than 500 were put up along New York’s highways despite a 2013 […]
New Yorkers use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags each year, but that could be drastically reduced if the state follows the report of a task force which wants to ban plastic grocery bags. The Plastic Bag Task Force has issued its report to the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo. Ten municipalities around […]