Category: Opinion

The NYS Association of Counties this week launched the County Criminal Justice Reform Task Force. The task force, chaired by Bob Iusi, Director of Probation in Warren County, is charged with examining the county impact of recent...

A Column of News & Comment by Senator James L. Seward While the 2019 state legislative session concluded several weeks ago, discussion continues to swirl around one of the more controversial new measures approved this year –...

A Column of News & Comment by Senator James L. Seward As families and individuals look for ways to enjoy the wonderful summer weather, people need to look no further than our local state parks. July is Park and Recreation...

A Column of News & Comment by Senator James L. Seward At the start of the 2019 legislative session, I pledged to advance policies designed to improve New York’s economy, help reduce the crushing tax burden, and combat...

A Column of News & Comment by Senator James L. Seward Earlier this year the New York City-centric senate leadership, for political reasons, blocked Amazon and 25,000 jobs from coming to our state.  Now, in the closing hours...

The executive directors of the statewide municipal associations representing New York’s counties, cities, towns, and villages today repeated their associations’ strong opposition to expanding the non-prevailing...

(S.1623/A.2500) Today, counties are urging both houses of the State Legislature to reject the HALT Act, S.1623 (Sepulveda) / A.2500 (Aubry), which restricts the use of segregated confinement and mandates that county governments...

A Column of News & Comment by Senator James L. Seward A number of issues have been under discussion in the closing days of the legislative session.  Several are contentious and spark fierce debate at the Capitol while others...