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The Republican candidate for governor, Lee Zeldin, said Friday that even though he is opposed to abortion rights, he respects the views of those who disagree with him and would not make big changes in the state’s abortion rights laws. But his opponent, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, isn’t buying it.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is reaffirming the state’s commitment to tackling climate change as well as making another plea to voters to back an environmental bond act on the fall ballot. During a news conference in New York City as part of Climate Week activities Wednesday, Hochul talked about the urgency that is needed to address climate change, including building more resiliency to help New York deal with major weather events.
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(WESA) - In a bid to woo Black voters Monday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz expressed support for laws that would reduce the federal prison population — even as his campaign continues to criticizes his Democratic opponent, John Fetterman, for supporting the release of more Pennsylvania prisoners. On Monday, Oz held a roundtable with around a dozen Black residents in Philadelphia and released a “Plan to Fight for Black Communities.” In one of the plan’s proposals, Oz endorsed The First Step Act, a federal law passed in 2018 with bipartisan support that had at its center an effort to “reduce the size of the federal prison population.”
The law included provisions that reduce or eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug convictions, and also allowed people with nonviolent offenses to more quickly be released into halfway homes before their final release.
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The rate of rearrests of people released without cash bail following non-violent felonies declined statewide from 2020 to 2021, the two years following implementation of new bail laws. The figure lends some insight into the effect of the new laws, but more data is still needed to draw larger conclusions on bail reform.
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(WMHT) - New York’s attorney general is seeking to bar former President Donald Trump, his children, and certain associates from doing business in the Empire State, and $250 million in restitution over allegations of fraud related to his business dealings over a decade. “I’m announcing today that we are filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the law as part of his efforts to generate profits for himself, his family, and his company,” said State Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat.
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