This Week in New York State Government

Governor:

• Governor Cuomo Announces Annual $500,000 New York Business Plan Competition
• Governor Cuomo Announces $450,000 in Grants to Grassroots Organizations to Enhance State Parks and Historic Sites 
• Governor Cuomo Announces Major General Anthony German to Serve as Adjutant General of the New York National Guard 
• Governor Cuomo Announces STOP DWI Crackdown This Saint Patrick’s Day
• Governor Cuomo Announces $2.4 Million in Funding to Support Employment of Individuals with Disabilities 
• Governor Cuomo Announces Zero Residential Property Acquisitions Needed for Long Island Third Track Project
• Governor Cuomo Announces Significant Upgrade of MTA Bus Fleet, with More Than 2,000 New State-of-the-Art Buses to be Added Over Next 5 Years
• Governor Cuomo Reminds New Yorkers of March 25 Voter Registration Deadline for Presidential Primaries
• Governor Cuomo Directs Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Former First Lady Nancy Reagan
• Governor Cuomo Announces Leading Women’s Advocacy Groups Join the ‘Strong Families, Strong New York,’ Campaign and Endorse Proposal for 12 Weeks of Paid Family Leave
• Governor Cuomo Announces 18 Additional Companies Join START-UP NY
• Governor Cuomo Announces Fine Against Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC Over Violating New York State Do Not Call Law
• Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 100 Faith Leaders Across the State Join the “Fight For Fairness” to Pass Paid Family Leaves & Raise the Minimum Wage in New York

Speaker:

• Assembly Speaker Heastie Implements Sanctions Against Assemblymember Angela Wozniak
• Assembly’s Budget Proposal to Include $2 Million in Additional Funding for Senior Communities
• New York State Legislature Elects Three New Members to the Board of Regents
• Assembly Budget Proposal Includes $30 Million to Combat Heroin Epidemic

Comptroller:

• Comptroller DiNapoli: Small Businesses Generate $950 Billion in New York
• Wall Street Bonuses and Profits Decline in 2015

Attorney General:

• Attorney General Schneiderman Secures Agreement Stemming from ‘No Haitians’ Classified Ad
• Attorney General Schneiderman and Tax Commissioner Boone Announce Guilty Plea of Nassau County Body Shop Owner
• Attorney General Schneiderman Reminds Consumers to be on Alert Against Phony Government Collection Phone Scams
• Attorney General Schneiderman Wins Permanent Injunction Against Designer Drug Company that Peddled Drugs Statewide
• Attorney General Schneiderman Announces Arrest of Pharmacy Owner for Perpetrating an Alleged Prescription Buy-Back-and-Bill Scam

Senate:

• Senate Republicans Unveil Sweeping Tax Cut Plan to Provide Billions of Dollars in Tax Relief
• Senate Passes Michelle and Jordan’s Law
• Senate Passes Bill to Help Stop Prescription Drug Abuse by Preventing the Theft and Sale of Blank Prescription Forms
• Senate Passes Bills to Reform Board of Regents’ Selection and Increase Transparency of Education Policy Actions

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