CALL: Sens. Skoufis + Rivera, AM Kim, CC/NY: Leg Must Stay in Remote Session to Address Major Policy Issues

Expand absentee voting, balance Leg + Exec power in the budget, health care, antibody immunity testing etc...

NEW YORK, NY (04/08/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, State Senators James Skoufis and Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymember Ron Kim and Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY will hold a press conference call urging the NYS Legislature to commit to staying in remote session to address legislation relating to the COVID-19 crisis, such as absentee voting, balancing the Legislature's power in the budget, health care reform, and antibody immunity testing, etc.

Last week, Common Cause/NY and Andrew Hoppin, the former and first ever Chief Information Officer for the NYS Senate, held a press conference call to provide guidance and technical expertise for how New York lawmakers can and should continue to function in virtual session. Both the Albany Times Union and the New York Times published editorials urging New York lawmakers to step up and continue to legislate remotely post-budget.

WHO:

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY

State Senator James Skoufis

State Senator Gustavo Rivera

Assemblymember Ron Kim

WHAT:

Press conference call w/ state Senators James Skoufis and Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymember Ron Kim and Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY urging the NYS Legislature to commit to staying in remote session to address legislation relating to the COVID-19 crisis.

WHEN: Wednesday April 08, 2020 at 02:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: ZOOM
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