Skip to content
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Passport
  • Support WSKG
Donate
  • Donate
  • logo
  • logo
  • Donate
  • Home
  • News
  • TV
  • Your Radio
  • Schedules
  • Events
  • Arts
  • Education
  • History
  • Science
  • Donate
  • More
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Passport
    • Support WSKG

WSKG - Local news and arts, broadcasting NPR radio and PBS TV.

WSKG thanks our sponsors...
  • Donate your vehicle to support WSKG

WSKG (https://wskg.org/news/executive-order-allows-new-yorks-parolees-to-vote/)

  • Donate
  • Home
  • News
  • TV
  • Your Radio
  • Schedules
  • Events
  • Arts
  • Education
  • History
  • Science
Listen Live WSKG
Listen Live WSKG Classical

Watch Live WSKG TV
Watch Live PBS Kids
Learn at Home
Covid-19 information

Executive Order Allows New York’s Parolees To Vote

By Karen DeWitt | April 18, 2018
More
  • More on Elections
  • Subscribe to Elections

PHOTO: KAREN DEWITT. Governor Cuomo gave a speech at the annual meeting of the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, where he offered remedies to fix the nation’s Democratic Party.

ALBANY, NY (WSKG) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a speech at the annual meeting of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., where he offered remedies to fix the nation’s Democratic Party.

Cuomo railed against President Donald Trump and his administration, saying they are “anti-American” and opposed to everything that Dr. King preached about. But he said the Democratic Party got it wrong in 2016.

Without mentioning the names of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, who Cuomo’s been close to, the governor said the party “got disconnected” from the middle class. He said working people were desperate and believed Trump’s promises that they would get mills and factories back in the United States.

“There’s no economy that goes backward; it was a fantasy,” Cuomo said.

He said the Democratic Party also “under-delivered for our minority supporters.” Cuomo criticized inequalities in education in New York state, and he announced that he’s signing an executive order to allow people on parole to vote.

The governor blamed the Republican-led state Senate for rejecting a bill he proposed to make the change.

“I’m unwilling to take no for an answer,” Cuomo said to cheers. “I’m going to make it law by executive order.”

Cuomo’s opponents jumped on the executive order. His Democratic primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon, called it a “song and dance routine”, saying Cuomo enabled the Republicans, who blocked the bill, to keep control of the Senate for eight years.   “Voter suppression in New York should have ended eight years ago”, Nixon said in a statement.

Meanwhile,  GOP State chair Ed Cox called the order an “outrageous power grab”, and a purely political act, “designed to appeal to radical primary voters and satisfy his presidential ambitions”.

Cuomo said he’s content to run for re-election for governor this year, and will not say whether he’s running for president in 2020. But he told the crowd that he believes New York is the most progressive state in the nation, and can show the rest of the country how to do things.

Recent Posts

  • Burns To Run For Binghamton Mayor On Democratic Ticket

    BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) — Binghamton City Councilman Joe Burns announced his bid for mayor on Thursday. The Democrat represents Binghamton's 5th District, which includes the south side.

  • SUNY Educational Opportunity Centers Expand Free Workforce Training

    ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - SUNY Educational Opportunity Centers are expanding their online workforce training with more options for students. That includes certifications in childhood development, emergency telecommunications and entrepreneurial skills.

  • PA School Employees Will Be Offered Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Next Week

    HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) –– Pennsylvania is aiming to vaccinate roughly 200,000 public and private school employees against the coronavirus by no later than mid-April. The Wolf Administration will set aside a chunk of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the effort.

  • Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fatal drug overdoses nationwide surged roughly 20% during the pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people in 2020. A growing body of research suggests Black Americans have suffered the heaviest toll.
    During Pandemic, Drug Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black New Yorkers

    When Latoya Jenkins talks about her mom, she likes to focus on happy memories like the games she used to play with her kids. "She used to buy two bottles of dish soap," Jenkins said.

  • Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) meets with protestors conducting a sit-in at his office in 2017. (Vaughn Golden/WSKG)
    Reed Continues To Eye Governor’s Mansion, Timeline Is “Sooner Rather Than Later”

    ENDWELL, NY (WSKG) — Southern Tier Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) is continuing to entertain the possibility he’ll run for governor in 2022. Reed, whose district stretches across western New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier, told reporters Wednesday he is monitoring the field of potential candidates and is still gathering input and support.

WSKG thanks our sponsors...

About WSKG

WSKG connects you to local and global news and the arts online, on the radio, and on TV. NPR and PBS affiliate.

Contact Us

email: WSKGcomment@wskg.org

phone: 607.729.0100

address: 601 Gates Road, Vestal, NY 13850

DONATE

Pay an underwriting invoice

  • WSKG
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Science
  • News
  • Your Radio
  • Schedule
  • TV
  • About
  • WSKG Staff
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Public Reports & Policies
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Protect My Public Media
FCC PUBLIC FILES
WSKG-FM
WSQX-FM
WSQG-FM
WSQE
WSQA
WSQC-FM
WSQN
WSKG-TV
WSKA
Disabled and need assistance with the online FCC public file?
Contact Gregory Keeler
WSKG
601 Gates Road
Vestal, New York 13850
607-729-0100
gkeeler@wskg.org

Stay Connected

Like Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on YouTubeFollow Us on InstagramSubscribe via RSS

© Copyright 2021, WSKG

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑

Change Location
To find awesome listings near you!