After a long, nearly two week break, session has finally
resumed! The League kept busy over the recess planning for our upcoming
regional workshops and preparing the 2016 Voter Guide. The first workshop will
take place in New York City on March 5th. If you’re interested in
attending any of the sessions it’s not too late to register, click this link
to register for our workshops in NYC, Round Lake, Syracuse, and Buffalo. We
hope to have the new Voter Guides published and printed sometime next month; just
in time for the Presidential Primary.
Our first day back at the Capitol on Wednesday started with
a press conference in the LCA Room. Barbara Bartoletti joined Assemblywoman
Sandy Galef, Senator John Bonacic, Senator Jose Serrano, and Blair Horner of
NYPIRG at a press conference unveiling Assemblywoman Galef’s new ethics reforms
package. The package includes bills that
would help increase transparency for both members and lobbyists. We were very
excited to join the Assemblywoman who also happens to be a former local League
President!
After the presser we sat in on senate session and watched
one of the bill’s senate versions pass. The bill (which the League does not
currently have a position on) would limit the tenure of temporary president of
the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority and minority leaders and
committee chairs.
On Thursday we kept busy pulling members off the floor to
lobby them on election reforms and the education tax credit. Later we caught
the first half of the New York State Economic and Revenue Consensus Forecasting
Conference. Next week we have a very busy schedule with two press conferences,
a legislative briefing, and nearly a dozen meetings with legislators. This
month is shaping up to be a busy one!
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