MLB: Take a look back at the New York Yankees' regular season as they clinch their 19th American League East title and another trip to the postseason.
Friday, September 20, 2019
How They Got There: The New York Yankees, 2019 AL East Champions
MLB: Take a look back at the New York Yankees' regular season as they clinch their 19th American League East title and another trip to the postseason.
Toyin Ojih Odutola on Connecting with Others Through Portraiture
This report was published on YouTube on September 19.
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on Opening a 'Doorway of Hope' for Indigenous Artists
This report was published on YouTube on September 19.
A Special Retirement Message for Mr. Moe, a Beloved Montana Teacher
This report was published on YouTube on September 18.
96-Year-Old WWII Hero Receives Long-Overdue Honor
This report was published on YouTube on September 19.
Soldiers Help Elderly Man Facing Jail Time for Minor Violation
This report was published on YouTube on September 18.
92-Year-Old Man Volunteers at Nursing Home to Honor Late Wife
This report was published on YouTube on September 18.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Street Corner Resources Calls for Community Engagement and an End to Gun Violence After Harlem Shootings
By Gary Glennell Toms
Harlem, New York - On September 18, Street Corner Resources, community activists and residents took part in rally calling for an end to gun violence. The rally was in held in the wake a shooting that occurred a few days earlier on 145th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard and Lenox Avenue. The victims are recovering at a nearby hospital.
Three months earlier, the anti-violence organization and community members gathered at the corner of the site where the killing of Leroy Phinazee occurred. Attendees urged calm and restraint and denounced other acts of violence that have taken place.
According to a report published in the New York Daily News, "Phinazee was ambushed from behind as he walked into the Funfair Deli on Lenox Ave. at W. 137th St. by a hooded gunman just past 7 p.m. on Monday, cops said."
"We cannot, we cannot, we cannot normalize violence of any kind, and especially gun violence," said Street Corner Resources founder and CEO Iesha Sekou.
Harlem, New York - On September 18, Street Corner Resources, community activists and residents took part in rally calling for an end to gun violence. The rally was in held in the wake a shooting that occurred a few days earlier on 145th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard and Lenox Avenue. The victims are recovering at a nearby hospital.
Three months earlier, the anti-violence organization and community members gathered at the corner of the site where the killing of Leroy Phinazee occurred. Attendees urged calm and restraint and denounced other acts of violence that have taken place.
According to a report published in the New York Daily News, "Phinazee was ambushed from behind as he walked into the Funfair Deli on Lenox Ave. at W. 137th St. by a hooded gunman just past 7 p.m. on Monday, cops said."
"We cannot, we cannot, we cannot normalize violence of any kind, and especially gun violence," said Street Corner Resources founder and CEO Iesha Sekou.
Pentagon Officials Face Questions on U.S. Response to Saudi Oil Field Attack
C-SPAN: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan R.
Hoffman and Joint Staff Spokesperson Colonel Patrick S. Ryder brief
reporters at the Pentagon on the drone strike on a Saudi oil field and
military funding and housing issues.
Click here for video.
EPA Administrator Wheeler and Secretary Chao Hold News Conference on California Fuel Standards
C-SPAN: Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and EPA Administrator Andrew
Wheeler held a news conference to announce their effort to block
California from setting its own fuel economy standards. California had
reached an agreement with Ford, Volksgwagen, Honda, and BMW that would
apply stricter emissions limits than federal regulations required.
Click here for video.
House Democrats Hold News Conference on Prescription Drug Prices
C-SPAN: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a news conference on a
legislative proposal to address the cost of prescription drugs. Flanked
by chairs of the relevant committees with jurisdiction over the issue,
the speaker explained the bill would allow the federal government to
negotiate lower prices on 250 of the most expensive prescription drugs.
Click here for video.
Minority Leader McCarthy Briefs Reporters
C-SPAN: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, along with a handful of his
Republican colleagues, held a news conference to respond to a Democratic
proposal to address the cost of prescription drugs. Mr. McCarthy argued
Democrats want government controlled medicine, adding its another
example of socialism by the party leaders.
Click here for video.
'Troublemaker': A Book Review
'Future Hope' Column
By Ted Glick
“Time
after time on the Grenada (Miss.) Square [in 1966] when we were
confronted and outnumbered by Klan-led mobs armed with baseball bats and
steel pipes, our songs held us together. And often – not always, but
often – our singing literally prevented them from charging into us with
their clubs swinging. I know that sounds impossibly mystic and fanciful,
but it’s true. I saw it. I experienced it.”
-Bruce Hartford, “Troublemaker”: Memories of the Freedom Movement
-Bruce Hartford, “Troublemaker”: Memories of the Freedom Movement
As I write it’s the day before the big Global Climate Strike,
happening because, 13 months ago, one 15 year old young person in
Sweden, Greta Thunberg, translated her despair about the climate
emergency into action. Week after week, she and others who joined her
somehow sparked a movement of young people that will see, tomorrow, 4500
actions in 150 or so countries, over a thousand of them in the USA,
demanding that the governments of the world get truly serious about
shifting rapidly from fossil fuels to renewables and energy efficiency,
for a justice-based, clean energy revolution.
Those
young people part of that movement, and all the rest of us, would gain a
great deal by getting and reading the new book, “Troublemaker,” by
Bruce Hartford, a personal memoir of what it was like to be part of the
civil rights/Black Freedom movement between 1963 and 1967. There are so
many lessons to be learned for today, so much inspiration from
Hartford’s experiences and his insights about movement- and
organization-building learned from those experiences.
The
first part of the book is about Hartford’s involvement as a teenage
activist in Los Angeles and the Bay Area in 1963 and 1964 as part of
CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, and, in the Bay Area, as part of
the Free Speech Movement at the University of California in Berkeley.
But the strength of the book is the stories about his time in the deep
South, in Alabama and Mississippi, from early 1965 to 1967.
This
section of the book begins with Hartford going to Selma, Alabama the
day after the brutal Edmund Pettus Bridge attack on March 7th, 1965 by
police against 600 nonviolent Black demonstrators. Hartford describes
in detail what things were like afterwards as the movement held together
and kept active until, two weeks later, it won a federal court case
mandating that they could march from Selma to Montgomery, which they
then did. This was one of the most historic moments of the epic 60’s
battle against racist and violent Jim Crow segregation.
Click here for the full article.
Source: tedglick.com
New York State Task Force to Host Hate Crime Investigation Training Seminars
The New York State Police, in partnership with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the New York State Division of Human Rights, will host a series of four hate crime investigation training seminars for law enforcement agencies across the state. The first seminar is today in Manhattan and more than 140 members of law enforcement have registered for this session.
"New York has absolutely zero tolerance for any form of bias or discrimination," Governor Cuomo said. "There has been an alarming rise in anti-Semitism and hatred of all kinds across our state and our nation, and these seminars are just the latest effort to ensure our state and local law enforcement have the proper training to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and keep New Yorkers safe."
Each of the training sessions will feature presentations by members of the New York State Hate Crimes Task Force (State Police, DCJS and DHR), as well as the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Queens County District Attorney's Office. The Manhattan training will also include a presentation by the NYPD. Topics covered in the sessions include an overview of hate crime investigation for responding law enforcement, background on white supremacist groups, the prosecution of hate crimes and the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws in the employment, housing and public accommodation sectors.
In addition to the first training being held today in Manhattan, the training series will be presented at other locations around the state: September 24, 2019 - Erie County, September 25, 2019 - Onondaga County, and October 17, 2019 - Albany County.
The training sessions are open only to sworn or civilian members of law enforcement, prosecutors, parole and probation officers and correction officers. The seminars will be closed to media due to the law enforcement-sensitive nature of the training.
New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett said, "These training sessions allow State Police and our law enforcement partners to learn about the latest legal issues and techniques that will assist in the investigation of hate crimes. This collaborative effort is critical to ensuring that perpetrators are held accountable for their actions and successfully prosecuted."
This training comes as New York continues to experience a number of bias-related incidents, including three separate incidents in recent days of anti-Semitic graffiti in Rockland County, Queens and Long Island.
Governor Cuomo has taken a number of actions to combat hate and bias-related incidents, including the launch of a Hate Crimes Text Line, enabling any New Yorker to easily report incidents in their community. Those who have experienced or witnessed bias or discrimination are encouraged to text "HATE" to 81336 with details of the incident, including photo or video documentation.
The text line is in addition to a toll-free telephone bias and discrimination hotline operated by the State Division of Human Rights (1-888-392-3644). Since its creation in November of 2016, the hotline has received nearly 23,400 calls and has referred 187 calls to the State Police for investigation into potential criminal conduct. In case of emergency or if you are a victim of a crime, always dial 911. A $5,000 reward is also being made available for any information leading to an arrest and conviction for a hate crime.
Under state law, a person commits a hate crime when one of a specified set of offenses is committed targeting a victim because of a perception or belief about their race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, or when such an act is committed as a result of that type of perception or belief. Hate crimes can be perpetrated against an individual, a group of individuals or against public or private property. Also under state law it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, ethnicity and many other protected classifications.
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
"New York has absolutely zero tolerance for any form of bias or discrimination," Governor Cuomo said. "There has been an alarming rise in anti-Semitism and hatred of all kinds across our state and our nation, and these seminars are just the latest effort to ensure our state and local law enforcement have the proper training to investigate and prosecute hate crimes and keep New Yorkers safe."
Each of the training sessions will feature presentations by members of the New York State Hate Crimes Task Force (State Police, DCJS and DHR), as well as the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Queens County District Attorney's Office. The Manhattan training will also include a presentation by the NYPD. Topics covered in the sessions include an overview of hate crime investigation for responding law enforcement, background on white supremacist groups, the prosecution of hate crimes and the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws in the employment, housing and public accommodation sectors.
In addition to the first training being held today in Manhattan, the training series will be presented at other locations around the state: September 24, 2019 - Erie County, September 25, 2019 - Onondaga County, and October 17, 2019 - Albany County.
The training sessions are open only to sworn or civilian members of law enforcement, prosecutors, parole and probation officers and correction officers. The seminars will be closed to media due to the law enforcement-sensitive nature of the training.
New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett said, "These training sessions allow State Police and our law enforcement partners to learn about the latest legal issues and techniques that will assist in the investigation of hate crimes. This collaborative effort is critical to ensuring that perpetrators are held accountable for their actions and successfully prosecuted."
This training comes as New York continues to experience a number of bias-related incidents, including three separate incidents in recent days of anti-Semitic graffiti in Rockland County, Queens and Long Island.
Governor Cuomo has taken a number of actions to combat hate and bias-related incidents, including the launch of a Hate Crimes Text Line, enabling any New Yorker to easily report incidents in their community. Those who have experienced or witnessed bias or discrimination are encouraged to text "HATE" to 81336 with details of the incident, including photo or video documentation.
The text line is in addition to a toll-free telephone bias and discrimination hotline operated by the State Division of Human Rights (1-888-392-3644). Since its creation in November of 2016, the hotline has received nearly 23,400 calls and has referred 187 calls to the State Police for investigation into potential criminal conduct. In case of emergency or if you are a victim of a crime, always dial 911. A $5,000 reward is also being made available for any information leading to an arrest and conviction for a hate crime.
Under state law, a person commits a hate crime when one of a specified set of offenses is committed targeting a victim because of a perception or belief about their race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, or when such an act is committed as a result of that type of perception or belief. Hate crimes can be perpetrated against an individual, a group of individuals or against public or private property. Also under state law it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, ethnicity and many other protected classifications.
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor Cuomo Launches Statewide Education Campaign on Red Flag Law
This video was published on YouTube on September 18.
Governor Cuomo launched a statewide education campaign on New York's new
Red Flag gun safety law. The Governor hosted the first of three
conferences to help teachers, school administrators and parent
representatives understand the new law and how to use it to keep schools
safe.
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
OMH Recognizes New York Doctor for a Lifetime of Leadership on Suicide Prevention
Edward Dunne, a suicide prevention expert from New York, has been awarded the New York State Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) “Fred Meservey Life & Leadership Award.”
The award, presented every two years, is given to a New Yorker who has
demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the field of suicide
prevention.
Dunne was recognized during OMH’s fourth annual New York State Suicide Prevention Conference, at which keynote speakers and 30 breakout sessions focused on strengthening suicide prevention through state and local partnerships, including those that target diverse, at-risk groups.
“Dr, Edward Dunne has devoted his life to studying the impact suicide has on those left behind," said New York State Office of Mental Health Commissioner Dr. Ann Sullivan. “His personal experience with suicide loss shaped one of the first books on the subject and we have watched his research explore the impact of family engagement on an individual’s mental health treatment. Dr. Dunne is a remarkable example of how one person’s dedication to the cause can shape generations of prevention strategies.”
Dunne co-authored the book Suicide and its Aftermath: Understanding and Counseling the Survivors in 1987. It was largely informed by Dunne’s experience after his 16-year-old brother, Tim, died by suicide. Historically, Dr. Dunne’s seminal work represents the very beginning of the literature on grief after suicide and remains a reference to anyone who currently writes about suicide loss and postvention.
“I am deeply humbled by and very grateful for this recognition of my work,” said Dr. Dunne. “But even more gratifying is the awareness of the great number of talented and dedicated professionals who have continued and expanded our modest beginning.”
Dunne’s contributions to the field of suicide prevention include a focus on children as survivors of a suicide death, the development of Survivor Support Group Guidelines, conducting postvention consultations, providing training in bereavement counseling, and maintaining a vibrant practice specialized on treating individuals and families after the suicide of a loved one.
Dunne was the Director of Professional Studies at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center and a clinical professor at Downstate Medical Center prior to his joining the staff of New York State's Psychiatric Institute, as a research scientist, as well as the clinical faculty at Columbia University. Dr Dunne was also a senior faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, and founder and director of its project of LGBTQ families. He is a past President of the American Association of Suicidology and was a founding member of the board of directors of the New York City chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Most recently, he was the Director for Survivor Initiatives for Suicide Prevention International.
Frederick Meservey Life and Leadership Award
The Frederick Meservey Life and Leadership Award is awarded to a New Yorker who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the field of suicide prevention. As the founding Director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York, Fred Meservey valued collaborative leadership, research, and creativity. Fred was a highly regarded public servant in the fields of child welfare and substance abuse who became a passionate advocate and expert in the field of suicide prevention after experiencing a suicide loss. Fred challenged those around him to collaboratively work with those affected by suicide and move the field of suicide prevention to find pragmatic interventions. Fred, in collaboration with other field experts, authored the report that served as the foundation of the Zero Suicide Model.
Suicide Prevention in New York Schools
In August 2019, the Suicide Prevention Center of New York released the first ever Guide to Suicide Prevention Guide for NYS Schools. This guide was developed by the Schools and Youth Workgroup of the Suicide Prevention Council at New York State Office of Mental Health to provide best practice guidance and resources to schools toward the prevention of youth suicide.
New York State Suicide Prevention Task Force Report
OMH is the lead agency for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Suicide Prevention Task Force, which includes leaders from state agencies, local governments, not-for-profit groups, and other recognized experts in suicide prevention. In May, the Task Force released its first report, which focuses on bridging gaps in current state suicide prevention efforts, and on building coalitions and supporting the efforts of local governments and advocates
National Leader in Suicide Prevention
New York’s suicide prevention efforts have been recognized by the Federal Government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) which recently awarded OMH with a grant to support our efforts.
Suicide Prevention Training Opportunities
Suicide Prevention trainings are available throughout New York State. Community groups can register for a suicide prevention training course through the Suicide Prevention Center of NY. Clinical trainings on best practices for suicide prevention can be accessed through the Center for Practice Innovation.
Dunne was recognized during OMH’s fourth annual New York State Suicide Prevention Conference, at which keynote speakers and 30 breakout sessions focused on strengthening suicide prevention through state and local partnerships, including those that target diverse, at-risk groups.
“Dr, Edward Dunne has devoted his life to studying the impact suicide has on those left behind," said New York State Office of Mental Health Commissioner Dr. Ann Sullivan. “His personal experience with suicide loss shaped one of the first books on the subject and we have watched his research explore the impact of family engagement on an individual’s mental health treatment. Dr. Dunne is a remarkable example of how one person’s dedication to the cause can shape generations of prevention strategies.”
Dunne co-authored the book Suicide and its Aftermath: Understanding and Counseling the Survivors in 1987. It was largely informed by Dunne’s experience after his 16-year-old brother, Tim, died by suicide. Historically, Dr. Dunne’s seminal work represents the very beginning of the literature on grief after suicide and remains a reference to anyone who currently writes about suicide loss and postvention.
“I am deeply humbled by and very grateful for this recognition of my work,” said Dr. Dunne. “But even more gratifying is the awareness of the great number of talented and dedicated professionals who have continued and expanded our modest beginning.”
Dunne’s contributions to the field of suicide prevention include a focus on children as survivors of a suicide death, the development of Survivor Support Group Guidelines, conducting postvention consultations, providing training in bereavement counseling, and maintaining a vibrant practice specialized on treating individuals and families after the suicide of a loved one.
Dunne was the Director of Professional Studies at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center and a clinical professor at Downstate Medical Center prior to his joining the staff of New York State's Psychiatric Institute, as a research scientist, as well as the clinical faculty at Columbia University. Dr Dunne was also a senior faculty member of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, and founder and director of its project of LGBTQ families. He is a past President of the American Association of Suicidology and was a founding member of the board of directors of the New York City chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Most recently, he was the Director for Survivor Initiatives for Suicide Prevention International.
Frederick Meservey Life and Leadership Award
The Frederick Meservey Life and Leadership Award is awarded to a New Yorker who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the field of suicide prevention. As the founding Director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York, Fred Meservey valued collaborative leadership, research, and creativity. Fred was a highly regarded public servant in the fields of child welfare and substance abuse who became a passionate advocate and expert in the field of suicide prevention after experiencing a suicide loss. Fred challenged those around him to collaboratively work with those affected by suicide and move the field of suicide prevention to find pragmatic interventions. Fred, in collaboration with other field experts, authored the report that served as the foundation of the Zero Suicide Model.
Suicide Prevention in New York Schools
In August 2019, the Suicide Prevention Center of New York released the first ever Guide to Suicide Prevention Guide for NYS Schools. This guide was developed by the Schools and Youth Workgroup of the Suicide Prevention Council at New York State Office of Mental Health to provide best practice guidance and resources to schools toward the prevention of youth suicide.
New York State Suicide Prevention Task Force Report
OMH is the lead agency for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Suicide Prevention Task Force, which includes leaders from state agencies, local governments, not-for-profit groups, and other recognized experts in suicide prevention. In May, the Task Force released its first report, which focuses on bridging gaps in current state suicide prevention efforts, and on building coalitions and supporting the efforts of local governments and advocates
National Leader in Suicide Prevention
New York’s suicide prevention efforts have been recognized by the Federal Government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) which recently awarded OMH with a grant to support our efforts.
Suicide Prevention Training Opportunities
Suicide Prevention trainings are available throughout New York State. Community groups can register for a suicide prevention training course through the Suicide Prevention Center of NY. Clinical trainings on best practices for suicide prevention can be accessed through the Center for Practice Innovation.
Source: OMH
Happening in Harlem: Celebrating Grace Jones, A Special Screening
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Put Some Grace in Ya Face!
Source: ImageNation
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration — Not the Other Way Around
The Untold Story
By David Stein
Joe Biden this weekend continued to draw attention to the complicated role he has played in the country’s history of race relations. On Thursday night, he drew criticism when he was asked what Americans can do about the legacy of slavery, and answered by suggesting parents put on a record player for kids, and that social workers should visit parents’ homes to teach them how to care for their children. He followed that by recounting on Sunday his run-in in the 1960s with a young gang leader named “Corn Pop,” a story that involved “the only white guy” at a city pool cutting him a 6-foot piece of chain to defend himself against the razor-wielding teen and his friends.
Joe Biden this weekend continued to draw attention to the complicated role he has played in the country’s history of race relations. On Thursday night, he drew criticism when he was asked what Americans can do about the legacy of slavery, and answered by suggesting parents put on a record player for kids, and that social workers should visit parents’ homes to teach them how to care for their children. He followed that by recounting on Sunday his run-in in the 1960s with a young gang leader named “Corn Pop,” a story that involved “the only white guy” at a city pool cutting him a 6-foot piece of chain to defend himself against the razor-wielding teen and his friends.
The politics of race relations have
been a central part of Biden’s career, from his high-profile opposition
to busing to his authoring of the 1994 Biden Crime Bill. When he talks
about his criminal justice record on the campaign trail, he argues today
that the focus on the ’94 bill is unfair, because the real rise in mass
incarceration happened at the state level and was long underway by
then.
Biden is correct that the surge began
in the 1970s and accelerated in the 1980s, but a closer look at his role
reveals that it was Biden who was among the principal and
earliest movers of the policy agenda that would become the war on drugs
and mass incarceration, and he did so in the face of initial reluctance
from none other than President Ronald Reagan. Indeed, Reagan even vetoed
a signature piece of Biden legislation, which he drafted with arch
segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, to create a
federal “drug czar.”
Click here for the full article.
Source: The Intercept_
Trump and New National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Answer Foreign Policy Questions
PBS NewsHour: President Donald Trump debuted his new national security adviser Robert O’Brien while answering questions from reporters before departing from Los Angeles on Sep. 18. Trump praised O’Brien’s work as a hostage negotiator and said he and the new security adviser “have a very good chemistry together.” “We have a number of challenges, but we have a great team in place,” O’Brien said, emphasizing the need to rebuild the military so the U.S. can implement a “peace through strength” strategy.
Rape Statute of Limitations in the Second and Third Degrees Extended in New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo, joined by leaders of the TIME'S UP movement and NOW-NYC, today signed legislation (S.6574/A.8412) extending the statute of limitations to 20 years for rape in the second degree and to 10 years for rape in the third degree. The law also extends the statute of limitations to 20 years for a criminal sexual act in the second degree and incest in the second degree, and to 10 years for a criminal sexual act in the third degree. This law also eliminates the statute of limitations for incest in the first degree and increases the time period in which victims can bring a civil suit for these offenses to 20 years. Prior to this new law, victims only had five years to bring a legal case alleging rape in the second degree or third degree or a criminal sexual act in the second degree or third degree. Altogether, this will provide victims greater opportunity to seek justice.
"There has been an ongoing and pervasive culture of sexual harassment and abuse in our society, and it is made worse by the fact that victims of second and third degree rape only have five years to bring a legal claim against their attacker. Five years is an insult to these survivors and today we're providing them more time to come to terms with the trauma they experienced and to seek justice," Governor Cuomo said. "This new law recognizes the injustice that has gone on for far too long and honors all the women who have suffered this pain and all the advocates who had the courage to come forward and tell their story so that other women may be spared the pain."
"As a critical part of our Women's Justice Agenda and in partnership with TIME'S UP, this action will enable New Yorkers to seek justice and help ensure more rapists are held accountable," said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. "In New York, we are committed to changing the culture, combating sexual harassment, and protecting women against violence. Extending the statute of limitations for rape is a significant step forward for victims across our state."
Click here for the full announcement.
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Trump to Take on California's Clean Air Rules
Statement from Governors Cuomo, Inslee and Newsome
Governors Andrew Cuomo (NY), Jay Inslee (WA) and Gavin Newsom (CA), who serve as co-chairs of the bipartisan United States Climate Alliance, today issued the following statement in response to the Administration's final rule attempting to revoke the waiver that allows states to set more stringent emissions standards. On July 9th, members of the U.S. Climate Alliance issued a statement announcing an effort to work together to support a strong national standard through the "Nation's Clean Car Promise."
"As co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance - a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to addressing climate change - we strongly oppose today's announcement by the Administration attempting to revoke the rights we have held for 40 years under the Clean Air Act to protect our residents from vehicle pollution. This will impact not only California, but also the freedom of all states to choose how they protect their own communities from harmful pollution.
"This action undermines one of the country's best climate and clean air programs and constitutes an attack on consumers, our environment, and our health. It will increase air pollution, cost our residents more at the pump, and limit the ability of Alliance states to meet their own emission reduction targets and take crucial climate action.
"We will continue to defend our rights, and call on non-Alliance states, car makers, the health community, and others to work with us to uphold the economic, environmental and public health benefits of cleaner cars."
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
"As co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance - a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to addressing climate change - we strongly oppose today's announcement by the Administration attempting to revoke the rights we have held for 40 years under the Clean Air Act to protect our residents from vehicle pollution. This will impact not only California, but also the freedom of all states to choose how they protect their own communities from harmful pollution.
"This action undermines one of the country's best climate and clean air programs and constitutes an attack on consumers, our environment, and our health. It will increase air pollution, cost our residents more at the pump, and limit the ability of Alliance states to meet their own emission reduction targets and take crucial climate action.
"We will continue to defend our rights, and call on non-Alliance states, car makers, the health community, and others to work with us to uphold the economic, environmental and public health benefits of cleaner cars."
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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