Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Election Surprises Shake Up the 2017 State Legislative Session – with More Shocks to Come

 
By Jonathan Lentz 

In the spring of 2014, Donald Trump travelled to Albany to join a rally against the SAFE Act, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s landmark gun control law. Trump, who was being floated as a potential challenger to Cuomo at the time, tore into the governor’s record on energy policy, job creation and combating government corruption. 

“Obviously, we know our country’s not doing so well, our country’s in trouble, but our state, likewise, is doing very, very poorly,” Trump told the cheering crowd. “So I just wanted to be here to support you.”

Two and a half years later, Trump is instead heading to the White House, where he’ll arguably pose an even greater threat to Cuomo and his agenda. As president, Trump will have far more power and influence in Washington, D.C., as well as in Albany and in state capitals all across the country. On the campaign trail, Trump promised the reversal of dozens of policies, laws or regulations, most of them Democratic priorities, that would reverberate around the nation. 

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Source: City & State (via The Empire Report)

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