http://readme.readmedia.com Breaking News from readMedia en-us Copyright readMedia 2026 1706808 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:25:07 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/As-Schools-Prepare-to-Open-Groups-Warn-of-Gamblers-Paradise-Will-Unveil-Alarming-Underage-Gambling-Statistic/1706808 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera As-Schools-Prepare-to-Open-Groups-Warn-of-Gamblers-Paradise-Will-Unveil-Alarming-Underage-Gambling-Statistic As many as 48% of youth in grades 7-12 have gambled in the past year, and the state agency in charge of addiction problems now estimates that 20 % of New York's adolescents or 300,000 youth currently have or are at risk of gambling problems. These... http://readme.readmedia.com/As-Schools-Prepare-to-Open-Groups-Warn-of-Gamblers-Paradise-Will-Unveil-Alarming-Underage-Gambling-Statistic/1706808 1278802 Wed, 19 May 2010 14:39:00 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-to-Call-on-Yankees-and-Mets-to-Take-Action-Against-Arizona-Discriminatory-Immigration-Law/1278802 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-to-Call-on-Yankees-and-Mets-to-Take-Action-Against-Arizona-Discriminatory-Immigration-Law Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) went to federal court to block the State of Arizona from implementing an immigration law that is in all sense a racial profiling policy which is an attack on the civil and human rights of 40% of the... http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-to-Call-on-Yankees-and-Mets-to-Take-Action-Against-Arizona-Discriminatory-Immigration-Law/1278802 1170734 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:00:57 -0500 http://readme.readmedia.com/Assmb-Rivera-Voto-Latino-Time-Warner-Cable-Hispanic-Complete-Count-Committee-Unvail-Statewide-Census-PSA/1170734 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Assmb-Rivera-Voto-Latino-Time-Warner-Cable-Hispanic-Complete-Count-Committee-Unvail-Statewide-Census-PSA As the nation's largest minority, Latinos have been historically under-counted by the census for a variety of reasons, including a lack of bilingual information for Spanish speakers, mistaken fears of immigration raids and too few Latino census wo... http://readme.readmedia.com/Assmb-Rivera-Voto-Latino-Time-Warner-Cable-Hispanic-Complete-Count-Committee-Unvail-Statewide-Census-PSA/1170734 562488 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:39:02 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Hundreds-of-Taxi-Drivers-to-Rally-at-City-Hall-Against-Increased-Fees-to-Bailout-MTA-Support-Rivera-Jet-Tax/562488 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Hundreds-of-Taxi-Drivers-to-Rally-at-City-Hall-Against-Increased-Fees-to-Bailout-MTA-Support-Rivera-Jet-Tax WHY: State lawmakers are considering a wide range of taxes and fees to rescue the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from a looming financial crisis. Groups opposed to additional taxes and fees want legislative leaders to consider alterna... http://readme.readmedia.com/Hundreds-of-Taxi-Drivers-to-Rally-at-City-Hall-Against-Increased-Fees-to-Bailout-MTA-Support-Rivera-Jet-Tax/562488 561935 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:17:59 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/MTA-Bailout-by-Rivera-Spares-Businesses-of-Payroll-Tax/561935 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera MTA-Bailout-by-Rivera-Spares-Businesses-of-Payroll-Tax Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, a senior member of the New York State Legislature, today publicly unveiled a sensible and practical plan that if implemented by Albany would generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the Metropolitan Transp... http://readme.readmedia.com/MTA-Bailout-by-Rivera-Spares-Businesses-of-Payroll-Tax/561935 555308 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:46:38 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Leads-Anti-Sweatshop-Protest-Rally-by-Social-Justice-Groups-Against-State-University-Colleges/555308 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-Leads-Anti-Sweatshop-Protest-Rally-by-Social-Justice-Groups-Against-State-University-Colleges WHAT: 60 of the 64 State University of New York campuses are satisfied with taking part in human rights violations by using sweatshop labor to produce campus apparel. SUNY schools are beneficiaries of work product tarnished by physical abuse, ex... sweatshop,suny apparel http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Leads-Anti-Sweatshop-Protest-Rally-by-Social-Justice-Groups-Against-State-University-Colleges/555308 354979 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:00:21 -0500 http://readme.readmedia.com/Hispanic-Lawmakers-to-Announce-Major-Decision-on-Gillibrands-Scapegoating-of-Immigrants-and-Her-Record-on-Oth/354979 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Hispanic-Lawmakers-to-Announce-Major-Decision-on-Gillibrands-Scapegoating-of-Immigrants-and-Her-Record-on-Oth Group of New York State Senators and Assemblymembers will announce their total opposition to the Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand and will meet with potential candidates seeking to unseat her http://readme.readmedia.com/Hispanic-Lawmakers-to-Announce-Major-Decision-on-Gillibrands-Scapegoating-of-Immigrants-and-Her-Record-on-Oth/354979 353699 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:42:16 -0500 http://readme.readmedia.com/Patersons-Anti-Immigrant-Senate-Pick-Criticized-by-Peter-M-Rivera/353699 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Patersons-Anti-Immigrant-Senate-Pick-Criticized-by-Peter-M-Rivera I am troubled by Governor Paterson's choice to replace Hillary Clinton as New York's Junior Senator. I find no compelling reason for the Governor to select a conservative Democrat to carry on the progressive work of now Secretary of State Clinton. http://readme.readmedia.com/Patersons-Anti-Immigrant-Senate-Pick-Criticized-by-Peter-M-Rivera/353699 310889 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:01:55 -0500 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-to-Paterson-I-Told-You-So/310889 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-to-Paterson-I-Told-You-So The longest-serving Hispanic lawmaker in New York, Peter M. Rivera, today is calling on Governor David Paterson to reject the recommendations of the Commission on Judicial Nomination for nominees for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals because the... http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-to-Paterson-I-Told-You-So/310889 289329 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:38:23 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Congress-Needs-to-Bailout-Hardworking-Homeowners-Not-Just-Wall-Street-Tycoons/289329 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-Congress-Needs-to-Bailout-Hardworking-Homeowners-Not-Just-Wall-Street-Tycoons Today, Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, who in January of 2008 called for a moratorium on home foreclosures and a freeze on interest of sub-prime mortgages to advert a national financial crisis, released a letter to Congressional leaders requesting th... http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Congress-Needs-to-Bailout-Hardworking-Homeowners-Not-Just-Wall-Street-Tycoons/289329 198449 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:57:52 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Calls-for-Elimination-of-School-Bus-Diesel-Fuel-Tax-and-for-an-Emergency-4-Day-School-Week-Plan/198449 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-Calls-for-Elimination-of-School-Bus-Diesel-Fuel-Tax-and-for-an-Emergency-4-Day-School-Week-Plan Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, chairman of the Assembly committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities is once again calling for legislative action on legislation he introduced in 2006 that will temporarily remove the ... http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Calls-for-Elimination-of-School-Bus-Diesel-Fuel-Tax-and-for-an-Emergency-4-Day-School-Week-Plan/198449 134235 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:17:55 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Business-Groups-Consumer-Advocates-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-Plan-to-Lower-Gasoline-and-Home-Heating-Costs/134235 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Business-Groups-Consumer-Advocates-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-Plan-to-Lower-Gasoline-and-Home-Heating-Costs WHO: Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, former member of the Assembly Light Rail Task Force, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Federation, other elected officials. http://readme.readmedia.com/Business-Groups-Consumer-Advocates-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-Plan-to-Lower-Gasoline-and-Home-Heating-Costs/134235 133501 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:23:13 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Assemblyman-Rivera-Advocates-Teachers-and-School-Administrators-to-Unveil-Programs-for-Asthmatic-Children/133501 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Assemblyman-Rivera-Advocates-Teachers-and-School-Administrators-to-Unveil-Programs-for-Asthmatic-Children WHAT: A new program, funded by Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, which will teach parents, students, and educators asthma management skills and how to enjoy a lifetime of better breathing, will be unveiled http://readme.readmedia.com/Assemblyman-Rivera-Advocates-Teachers-and-School-Administrators-to-Unveil-Programs-for-Asthmatic-Children/133501 132645 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:58:22 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Children-School-Health-Experts-Lawmakers-to-Call-on-Board-of-Regents-to-Adopt-Strong-Bus-Anti-Idling-Regs/132645 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Children-School-Health-Experts-Lawmakers-to-Call-on-Board-of-Regents-to-Adopt-Strong-Bus-Anti-Idling-Regs WHO: Parents of children in Red Hook and Bethlehem Central School districts, school age children, lawmakers, healthy school advocates, American Lung Association of New York State, and clean air advocates http://readme.readmedia.com/Children-School-Health-Experts-Lawmakers-to-Call-on-Board-of-Regents-to-Adopt-Strong-Bus-Anti-Idling-Regs/132645 14383 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:48:20 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Calls-for-Warning-Labels-on-Foods-which-Contain-Artificial-Food-Colorings-and-Sodium-Benzoate/14383 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Rivera-Calls-for-Warning-Labels-on-Foods-which-Contain-Artificial-Food-Colorings-and-Sodium-Benzoate Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera, chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health, today during a public hearing on the dangers to children’s health caused by artificial food colorings and the preservative sodium benzoate, has called fo... http://readme.readmedia.com/Rivera-Calls-for-Warning-Labels-on-Foods-which-Contain-Artificial-Food-Colorings-and-Sodium-Benzoate/14383 14349 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:58:19 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Food-Safety-Study-Prompts-Government-Hearing-on-Dangers-Posed-to-Children-Legislation-requiring-Box-Warnings/14349 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Food-Safety-Study-Prompts-Government-Hearing-on-Dangers-Posed-to-Children-Legislation-requiring-Box-Warnings WHO: Peter M. Rivera, chair of the NYS Assembly Mental Health Committee, parents, children’s health advocates, government scientists and food industry experts. http://readme.readmedia.com/Food-Safety-Study-Prompts-Government-Hearing-on-Dangers-Posed-to-Children-Legislation-requiring-Box-Warnings/14349 9535 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:44:57 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Students-Teachers-Advocates-and-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-New-Anti-Asthma-Laws-as-Disease-Rates-Rise/9535 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Students-Teachers-Advocates-and-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-New-Anti-Asthma-Laws-as-Disease-Rates-Rise WHAT: With over three million children across New York attending over 6,500 schools being exposed to dangerous vehicle exhaust and tens of thousands suffering from asthma, Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law two significant pieces of leg... http://readme.readmedia.com/Students-Teachers-Advocates-and-Lawmakers-to-Unveil-New-Anti-Asthma-Laws-as-Disease-Rates-Rise/9535 8443 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:13:35 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Spitzer-Signs-Rivera-s-Anti-Asthma-Bills-as-Disease-Rates-Continue-to-Rise-Across-State/8443 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Spitzer-Signs-Rivera-s-Anti-Asthma-Bills-as-Disease-Rates-Continue-to-Rise-Across-State With over three million children across New York heading back to school, Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed into law two significant pieces of legislation to help combat New York’s nation topping asthma rates. The legislation sponsored by As... http://readme.readmedia.com/Spitzer-Signs-Rivera-s-Anti-Asthma-Bills-as-Disease-Rates-Continue-to-Rise-Across-State/8443 2103 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:22:22 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Peter-Rivera-Sen-Fuschillo-Bill-to-Ban-Credit-Card-Interest-Rate-Hikes-Passed/2103 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Peter-Rivera-Sen-Fuschillo-Bill-to-Ban-Credit-Card-Interest-Rate-Hikes-Passed State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) and Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera (D-Bronx) today announced that both houses of the Legislature have approved legislation to ban the practice of "universal default" in New York State. Uni... http://readme.readmedia.com/Peter-Rivera-Sen-Fuschillo-Bill-to-Ban-Credit-Card-Interest-Rate-Hikes-Passed/2103 1342 Wed, 23 May 2007 10:29:33 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Assemblyman-Rivera-To-Hold-Public-Hearing-To-Examine-Mental-Health-Services/1342 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Assemblyman-Rivera-To-Hold-Public-Hearing-To-Examine-Mental-Health-Services Leading Authority On Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders To Testify At Forum Evaluating The State's Ability To Meet Mental Health Needs Of Veterans Not Being Adequately Served By Federal Programs http://readme.readmedia.com/Assemblyman-Rivera-To-Hold-Public-Hearing-To-Examine-Mental-Health-Services/1342 1215 Thu, 17 May 2007 17:21:42 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Economic-Doomsday-Forecast-by-Economists-Business-Leaders-Elected-Officials/1215 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Economic-Doomsday-Forecast-by-Economists-Business-Leaders-Elected-Officials WHO: Economists, The Business Council of New York State, Assembly Hispanic Task Force Chair Peter M. Rivera, academics, other elected officials. http://readme.readmedia.com/Economic-Doomsday-Forecast-by-Economists-Business-Leaders-Elected-Officials/1215 770 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:31:53 -0400 http://readme.readmedia.com/Legislation-Introduced-to-Eliminate-State-Subsidies-to-Private-Colleges-in-NY/770 rivera Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera Legislation-Introduced-to-Eliminate-State-Subsidies-to-Private-Colleges-in-NY In an effort to focus attention to the growing problem of low graduation rates facing public colleges and universities, members of the New York State Assembly have introduced legislation to eliminate a costly state subsidy to wealthy private colle... http://readme.readmedia.com/Legislation-Introduced-to-Eliminate-State-Subsidies-to-Private-Colleges-in-NY/770