All Entries Tagged With: "harvey weisenberg"
The Land of the Sleaze
By Uri Kaufman A few years ago, a reporter from a major newspaper conducted a contest to see which state had the most dreadful political culture. This was shortly after the public learned of Elliot Spitzer’s evening hobbies and so it seemed to me to be a fairly easy exercise. However, after much agonizing, the [...]
Legislative Roundup
Carolyn McCarthy U.S. Representative, New York’s 4th District Voted NO on H.R. 6079: Repeal of Obamacare Act. Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective [...]
Legislative Roundup for Week of July 13, 2012
Dean G. Skelos New York State Senator, 9th District Voted Yes on S7749-2011: Part of a three-way agreement between the Senate, Assembly and Governor Cuomo to establish the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting individuals in state operated, certified or licensed facilities and programs; sweeping legislation that will transform how New [...]
Legislative Roundup for the Week of June 29, 2012
Dean G. Skelos New York State Senator, 9th District Voted Yes on S7749-2011: Part of a three-way agreement between the Senate, Assembly and Governor Cuomo to establish the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting individuals in state operated, certified or licensed facilities and programs; sweeping legislation that will transform how New [...]
Legislative Roundup for the Week of June 22, 2012
Dean G. Skelos New York State Senator, 9th District Voted Yes on S7742-2011: Would make the viewing of child pornography a felony crime. The bill is part of a three-way agreement with the Senate, Assembly and Governor Cuomo to amend current state law to make a person guilty of a crime when the person [...]
Legislative Roundup for the Week of June 15
Carolyn McCarthy U.S. Representative, New York’s 4th District Voted Yes on Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 H.R.436: Repeals a new tax on medical devices. The tax would apply to manufacturers and importers of devices like pacemakers and stents, defibrillators, artificial hips and knees, surgical tools and X-ray machines. Passed by a vote [...]
Letters to the Editor: June 8, 2012 Edition
Wisconsin Leads the Way To the Editor, I want to take this opportunity for your newspaper to consider discussing the results of Tuesday’s resounding defeat in Wisconsin of the public sector unions and their out of control public wages, perks, retirement and health care packages. I think this topic should be talked about in this [...]
Legislative Roundup for the Week of June 8, 2012
Carolyn McCarthy U.S. Representative, New York’s 4th District Voted No on Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) H.R.3541: To prohibit the discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race; sought to impose fines and prison terms on doctors who perform abortions on women who are trying to select the gender of their child, [...]
Legislative Roundup for Week of June 1, 2012
Dean G. Skelos New York State Senator, 9th District Voted Yes on S6636-2011: To strengthen Leandra’s Law which was passed in 2009 and requires all convicted DWI offenders to install and use an ignition interlock in all vehicles they own or operate for a period of at least six months after their conviction. Ignition [...]
Sussman Running for NYS Assembly Taking On Weisenberg
By Amanda Mayo Dr. David Sussman, a Lawrence resident who has served on the school board of the Lawrence Union Free School District for the past 17 years, has officially been nominated to run as Assemblyman for New York State Assembly District 20. He will be running on the Republican ticket, against long-time incumbent Harvey [...]
