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Grants Action News - June 2023

Speaker Heastie Statement on Recognizing Lunar New Year and Diwali in New York State

It is important to recognize New York’s rich and diverse culture. Therefore, it is the intention of the Assembly to pass legislation to observe Lunar New Year and Diwali as holidays in New York State before the close of our legislative session. We will...

Notice of Public Hearing - Impact of electric bikes and electric scooters, and the safety and consumer risks associated with lithium-ion batteries

Assembly Passes Legislation Honoring Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day

Speaker Carl Heastie and Committee on People with Disabilities Chair Rebecca A. Seawright today announced that the Assembly passed a package of legislation in honor of Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day to improve the lives of New Yorkers with disabilities....

Notice of Public Hearing - Examining the transparency and security of the cryptocurrency industry

SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes Historic $30 Million to Provide Critical Services for New York's AAPI Communities

Speaker Carl Heastie and Asian Pacific American Task Force Co-Chairs Grace Lee and Zohran K. Mamdani today announced that the Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget includes $30 million to support critical services for Asian American and Pacific...

Speaker Heastie Announces SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes Provisions to Make New York More Affordable for Families and Invest in Moving Our State Forward

Speaker Carl Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget makes critical investments to help make New York more affordable for families. “The Assembly Majority is committed...

Enacted SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes Provisions to Reduce New York State's Reliance on Fossil Fuels

Speaker Carl Heastie and Energy Committee Chair Didi Barrett today announced that the Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget includes provisions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in new buildings and invest in new renewable energy projects...

SFY 2023-24 Enacted Budget Makes Critical Investments in the MTA and Statewide Infrastructure Improvements

Speaker Heastie, Transportation Committee Chair William B. Magnarelli and Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee Chair Kenneth Zebrowski today announced that the Enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 includes critical investments to the...

SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes $1.4 Billion for Distressed and Safety-Net Hospitals, Medicaid Rate Increases and Wage Increases for Home Health Care Workers

Speaker Carl Heastie and Health Committee Chair Amy Paulin today announced the enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget includes $1.4 billion for distressed hospitals, Medicaid rate increases and wage increases for home health care workers. “The...

Approved SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes $34 Billion in School Aid

Speaker Carl Heastie and Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto today announced the approved State Fiscal Year (SFY) Budget will include $34 billion in General Support for Public Schools (GSPS), an increase of $3 billion, or 9.4 percent over the...

Enacted SFY 2023-24 Budget Keeps SUNY & CUNY Tuition Flat for New Yorkers and Invests $3 Billion in Capital Support for SUNY & CUNY Schools

Speaker Carl Heastie and Higher Education Committee Chair Patricia Fahy today announced the approved State Fiscal Year (SFY) Budget keeps the state’s public colleges and universities affordable and accessible, ensuring that tuition remains flat for...

Summary of the Assembly Recommended Changes to the Executive Budget

Grants Action News - May 2023

Assembly Passes Legislation to Deliver Protections for New Yorkers Affected by Lead-Based Paint

Speaker Carl Heastie today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to protect renters in New York who are exposed to lead-based paint. “It is no secret that lead-based paint is dangerous, especially to children,” said Speaker Heastie. “This...

Assembly Passes Legislation to Help Keep Communities Near Railroads Clean

Speaker Carl Heastie today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to safeguard communities neighboring railroads by ensuring that waste transferred by rail is properly contained (A.4928, Rajkumar). “Every New Yorker deserves to live in a safe...

Assembly Passes the Birds and Bees Protection Act

Speaker Carl Heastie and Environmental Conservation Chair Deborah J. Glick today announced the Assembly has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act to restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides (A.3226, Glick). “From the Climate Leadership and Community...

Notice of Public Hearing - Cannabis Banking in New York State

Assembly Passes Legislation to Ensure SUNY and CUNY Students Have Access to Medication Abortion

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein today announced that the Assembly has passed legislation to ensure access to medication abortion to students attending public colleges and universities in New York State (A.1395-B, Epstein). “While...

Speaker Heastie Statement

Yesterday I was notified there was a shooting outside my district office. This is an ongoing investigation, and I don’t have all of the details. I was in Albany at the time of the shooting, but I am grateful for the safety of my staff and everyone else...

Notice of Public Hearing - Status of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse or Maltreatment in New York State

Grants Action News - April 2023

Assembly Passes Legislation to Increase Access to Contraception

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Amy Paulin today announced the Assembly has passed legislation that would increase access to self-administered hormonal contraceptives by allowing New York State pharmacists to execute a non-patient specific order...

Assembly Passes Legislation to Help Those Wrongfully Convicted Find Justice

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Jeffrion L. Aubrytoday announced that the Assembly has passed legislation to help those wrongly convicted seek justice, and to vacate convictions of those who were convicted under statutes that were later decriminalized...

Legislature Announces General Conference Committee Appointments

Assembly's $232.9 Billion Spending Plan Makes Critical Investments to Help Make New York State More Affordable for Families

Speaker Carl Heastie and Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced that the Assembly has passed the Assembly State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget. The $232.9 billion spending plan makes critical investments to make New York...

Assembly Budget Increases Funding for the Environmental Protection Fund to $435 Million

Speaker Carl Heastie and Environmental Conservation Committee Chair Deborah Glick today announced the Assembly State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget increases funding for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) by $35 million for a total allocation of...

Assembly SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes All Electric Building Provisions and $400 Million to Expand Energy Affordability Programs

Speaker Carl Heastie and Energy Committee Chair Didi Barrett today announced the Assembly State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget includes provisions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in new buildings and invest in programs designed to increase energy...

Speaker Heastie Statement on Raising the Minimum Wage

No one working full time should be living in poverty, which is why my colleagues and I in the Assembly Majority have consistently fought to raise the minimum wage. In this year’s state budget, we are once again committed to raising the minimum wage...

Assembly's Proposed SFY 2023-24 Spending Plan Makes Critical Investments in Medicaid and Public Health

Speaker Carl Heastie and Health Committee Chair Amy Paulin today announced the Assembly’s proposed State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 spending plan would add $2.7 billion in funding to the Medicaid Program and $110 million in funding for public health....

Assembly Budget Includes Critical Funding for Legal Support for New Yorkers & Programs to Combat Gun Violence

Speaker Carl Heastie and Codes Committee Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz today announced that the Assembly State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget includes critical investments in legal support services for New Yorkers, in discovery in court proceedings and anti-gun...

Assembly SFY 2023-24 Budget Includes $34 Billion in School Aid

Speaker Carl Heastie and Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget would provide $34.3 billion in funding to General Support for Public Schools (GSPS), an increase of $3 billion...

Assembly SFY 2023-24 Budget Makes Higher Education More Affordable and Accessible

Speaker Carl Heastie and Higher Education Committee Chair Patricia Fahy today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget ensures that higher education is affordable and accessible to all New Yorkers by making investments that prevent...

Assembly Budget Invests in Fighting Homelessness, Ending the Housing Crisis, Making Homeownership a Reality for New Yorkers

Speaker Carl Heastie, Housing Committee Chair Linda B. Rosenthal and Local Governments Committee Chair Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that the Assembly State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24 Budget makes critical investments in fighting homelessness, ending...

Assembly Passes Legislative Package in Honor of National Sunshine Week

Speaker Carl Heastie and Governmental Operations Committee Chair John T. McDonald III today marked the nationwide observance of Sunshine Week with the passage of a package of legislation designed to bring greater transparency, accountability and accessibility...

Summary of the Assembly Recommended Changes to the Executive Budget

Legislature Elects New Member and Re-elects Two Members to Board of Regents

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate and Assembly Education Committee Chairs Shelley B. Mayer and Michael Benedetto, and Senate and Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairs Toby Ann Stavisky and Patricia...

Grants Action News - March 2023

Speaker Heastie Statement

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Today I had the opportunity to sit down with fellow legislative speakers from around the country and members of the Biden administration to discuss policy priorities facing our country and our states. The federal government has been generous helping states...

Notice of Public Hearing - Videoconferencing by the Legislature

Notice of Public Hearing - Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Assembly Passes Legislation to Ensure Rape Survivors Receive Justice

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Catalina Cruz today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to redefine the state’s rape statutes to ensure that victims of nonconsensual sexual conduct are able to seek more appropriate justice. “For...

2023 Yellow Book

Legislature Announces 2023 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing Schedule

Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair, Helene E. Weinstein today announced the joint legislative hearing schedule on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 Executive Budget Proposal. These hearings, each of which...

Notice of Public Hearing - Status of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse or Maltreatment in New York State

Grants Action News - February 2023

Speaker Heastie Statement on Passage of the Equality Amendment

Today, we passed the Equality Amendment for the second time, which, if approved by the people, would enshrine in our constitution expanded protections for the civil rights of New Yorkers and ensure that no one is denied the opportunity to fully participate...

Notice of Public Hearing - Criminal Justice Data

Notice of Public Hearing - Mobile Sports Betting in NY: A First Year Review & Its Budget Impact

The Remarks of Speaker Carl E. Heastie

Opening the 246th Legislative SessionJanuary 9, 2022Assembly Chamber_____________________________________[as delivered] Good afternoon members, staff and guests. Welcome back to the People’s House. I want to begin by wishing everyone a happy and healthy...

Statement from Speaker Heastie on the Matter of Lester Chang

I would like to thank Chairman Charles D. Lavine and the members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee for their extraordinarily thorough work in reviewing the matter of Lester Chang’s residency in Brooklyn. The members of the Assembly Majority take the...

Speaker Heastie Announces Leadership Positions and Committee Chairs for 2023 Legislative Session

Speaker Carl E. Heastie Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes Chair, Ways and Means Helene E. Weinstein Deputy Speaker Phil Ramos Assistant Speaker Vivian E. Cook Speaker Pro Tempore Jeffrion L. Aubry Chair,...

Grants Action News - January 2023

Speaker Heastie Statement on Upstate Minimum Wage Increase

The Assembly Majority believes that no one working a full-time job should have to live in poverty. New Yorkers deserve to earn a livable wage for the hard work they do day in and day out. In 2016, we passed legislation to gradually raise the minimum...

Notice of Public Hearing - Evaluation of the Impact of Mobile Sports Wagering on the New York State Budget

Speaker Heastie Statement on President Biden Signing the Respect for Marriage Act

The Respect for Marriage Act is a historic measure that codifies protections for the marriage of LGBTQ+ and interracial couples across our country. Earlier this year, we saw the U.S. Supreme Court not just refuse to protect the rights of Americans, but...

Notice of Public Hearing - Progress of the New York State Division of Veterans’ Services’ (NYSDVS) Restructuring

Notice of Public Hearing - Review of qualifications of Lester Chang to serve as a member of the New York State Assembly.

Notice of Public Hearing - Oversight of the State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 State Budget for New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal.

Statement from Speaker Carl Heastie

I am honored to once again be nominated by my Assembly Majority colleagues to serve as speaker. It is a privilege and truly humbling to have our caucus place their trust in me to lead the People’s House for the next two years. In my time as speaker,...

New York State Legislature Releases 2023 Legislative Calendar

The New York State Legislature today released the 2023 legislative calendar. The calendar can be found here

Notice of Public Hearing - To examine the overall impact and implementation of the 2022-2023 enacted State budget related to workforce development funding

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