New York State’s legislative session wrapped up on Saturday, and a lawmaker from Chautauqua County has outlined a mix of positive and negative outcomes of the session. Senator George Borrello believes that overall, the state “has gone backwards” in the areas of safety and affordability. Borrello says additional measures passed will only further hurt public safety. An example he cites is the Clean Slate Act, a bill passed in the final days of session that will automatically seal certain convictions from a New Yorker’s criminal record when they become eligible…
George Borrello: concern over the Clean Slate Act
Borrello also criticized a lack of any “meaningful” improvements to the state’s bail reform law, as well as agricultural policies like the approval of the 40-hour farm worker overtime threshold. Meanwhile, the Sunset Bay Republican says a key achievement was the recent conceptual agreement on a new 20-year gaming compact between the state and the Seneca Nation. He hopes Governor Kathy Hochul will be able to “do the right thing” for the Senecas and Western New York…
George Borrello: hoping for completion of new gaming compact
Borrello says other positives from the legislative session included defeating Hochul’s proposed housing mandates and growth targets, and winning a reprieve on some of the proposed gas ban mandates in her budget.
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