In addition to urging Legislative Leaders to fund the Redistricting Commission, the League co-signed a letter to the State Legislature asking that they ensure that the final budget makes changes requested by the State Comptroller regarding oversight of state contracts and competitive bidding. The Governor’s executive budget proposed rolling back recently reinstated oversight of SUNY...Continue Reading
The League of Women Voters of New York State is pleased that the 2019-2020 state budget includes $10 million for early voting implementation funding for counties and $14.7 million for electronic poll-books. These funds will be critical to help early voting get off to a good start in New York State.Continue Reading
There were approximately 25 people present at the annual meeting. Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg was there with his wife Ellen. He and she arrived, coming down straight from his meeting in Albany to attend our dinner as the featured speaker. A buffet dinner was available for the attendees to partake of at their leisure. President Nancy Rosenthal opened the annual...Continue Reading
