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By Long Island News & PR November 28, 2017
County Executive Urges President to Use “Full Power and Authority” to Prevent Limiting or Eliminating Deduction for State and Local Taxes.
By Long Island News & PR November 21, 2017
40 Additional Utility Workers Mobilizing to Deploy Next Week.
By Long Island News & PR November 17, 2017
Amicus Brief – Filed By 16 AGs – Asks Fourth Circuit To Affirm Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Third Ban.
By Long Island News & PR November 10, 2017
Coalition Of AGs File For Injunction Following Their Lawsuit To Protect Birth Control Access; Over 62.4 Million Women Have Benefitted From ACA Contraceptive Coverage, Including 3.8 Million New Yorkers.
By Long Island News & PR November 01, 2017
Cuomo: "The House is expected to release additional details of a 'tax cut' plan this week that in reality amounts to a 'tax increase' plan for states like New York."
By Long Island News & PR October 31, 2017
20 AGs File Amicus Brief In Case Over Colorado Bakery That Refused To Serve Same-Sex Couple.
By Long Island News & PR October 30, 2017
Firefighting Team of DEC Forest Rangers, Staff and Volunteers Battled 93,363-Acre Blaze.
By Long Island News & PR October 26, 2017
Trump EPA Ignoring Clean Air Act Requirement to Curb Smog Pollution That Blows Into New York From Upwind States.
By Long Island News & PR October 19, 2017
Brief Says 2nd Amendment Leaves States Room To Implement Reasonable Firearm Regulations.
By Long Island News & PR October 19, 2017
Lt. Katherine Biggs, an emergency medicine physician resident, has embarked on the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort to Puerto Rico.
By Long Island News & PR October 18, 2017
Compromise Includes Problem Solvers Caucus’ Plan to Stabilize Individual Market.
By Long Island News & PR October 16, 2017
15 AGs Argue That Ban Is Unconstitutional, Harmful To National Security And The Transgender Community.
By Long Island News & PR October 16, 2017
Cutting Off Payments Will Jeopardize Health Care For New York’s Most Vulnerable, Destabilize Healthcare Market, And Lead To Rising Insurance Rates For New Yorkers.
By Long Island News & PR October 13, 2017
Help Desk Offers Resources to Passengers Arriving in the Delta and JetBlue Terminals at JFK.
By Long Island News & PR October 13, 2017
Flight Chartered by MLB Included More than 113,000 Bottles of Water, 121,000 Diapers, 25,600 Baby Wipes and 1,200 Containers of Baby Food.
By Long Island News & PR October 13, 2017
Zeldin: "President Trump’s decision not to recertify the Iran Nuclear Deal was the right decision for America’s best interests."
By Long Island News & PR October 13, 2017
A.G. Schneiderman Leads Coalition Of AGs That Intervened In Defense Of Cost-Sharing Subsidies.
By Long Island News & PR October 12, 2017
78 Physicians, Physicians Assistances, Nurses, and Nurse Practitioners Depart Today Followed by Additional Medical Personnel On October 26.
By Long Island News & PR October 12, 2017
AGs Argue that Latest Ban Has Not Addressed Discriminatory Purposes Of Previous Bans – And Would Continue To Harm States’ Families, Institutions, And Economies.
By Long Island News & PR October 09, 2017
A.G. Schneiderman Leads Coalition Of States And Localities That Intervened To Defend The CPP.