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Provision would add ‘skill’ to VLTs
Tuesday, March 31, 2015Measure could create some 100 jobs and increase education revenue
A provision in the state budget gives New York's racinos the green light to offer an expanded array of electronic gaming featuring elements of "skill" at video lottery terminal facilities.
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Oversight panel swoons over doctor-led network
Friday, February 20, 2015Advocate Community Partners was the highlight of yesterday’s meeting of the panel tasked with reviewing the DSRIP project scores for 25 Performing Provider Systems. The group is the only physician-led PPS of the bunch.
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State Legislature Votes to Join Growing National Popular Vote Movement
Friday, April 18, 2014New York State may once again become in play in presidential elections after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that would join New York into a compact with other states to select the president by popular vote instead of the Electoral College, a bill that quietly passed the state Senate and Assembly last month. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following report.
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Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Adding New York State to the National Popular Vote Compact
Tuesday, April 15, 2014Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation that adds New York to the list of states that have joined National Popular Vote compact. Under this interstate agreement, member states will award their electoral votes for president to the candidate that receives a majority of the national popular vote.
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Raising a life-saving list’s profile
Thursday, April 10, 2014Advocates thank lawmakers for measures to boost interest in Donate Life Registry they hope will boost New York's worst-in-the-nation sign-up rate.
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Legislature approves National Popular Vote
Tuesday, April 01, 2014The New York Legislature approved a bill that would award the state's presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote, if enough states agree to do the same.
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CVS Caremark Awarded Health Care Contract
Monday, January 27, 2014Comptroller DiNapoli approved an $8.3 billion Empire Plan contract to provide prescription benefits to state and local government employees with CVS Caremark through 2018.
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NYC Health Care Union That Backed de Blasio, Mark-Viverito Wields New Clout
Monday, January 13, 2014The SEIU-1199 has restored its reputation as a political powerhouse in the city after helping to secure the election of the city’s two most powerful officials.
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Gov. Cuomo Signs ‘Lauren’s Law’ In Effort To Boost Number Of Organ Donors
Tuesday, October 08, 2013In an effort to encourage more New Yorkers to become organ donors, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed “Lauren’s Law.”
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Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Require Congenital Heart Defect Screenings for Newborns
Monday, August 05, 2013Here are two related articles:
http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08012013-congenital-heart-defect-screening
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/baby_heart_test_required_hnJ0RwosqnWwiJ09PxEi0K
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Pulse Ox bill passes Legislature
Tuesday, June 25, 2013A bill (S.00270) requiring that hospitals perform a test to find congenital heart defects in newborn infants was passed by the Senate last Wednesday, sending the proposed law to the governor's desk.
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Cordo & Co ranked 8th on Business Review’s Annual Lobby List
Thursday, May 23, 2013Click here for the Business Review 2013 Lobby List.PDF
Gold, Melissa. “The List: Lobbying Firms (Ranked by 2012 compensation).” The Business Review [Albany] 10-16 May 2013: 24. Print.
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John Cordo named to Albany Power 100 List
Wednesday, May 22, 2013Click here for more details.
Albany Power 100 List.” City & State NY 22 Apr. 2013: 11. Print.
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New York Times-Simple but Local, Queens Slots Are Hurting Gambling Meccas
Wednesday, October 24, 2012A casino that opened a year ago at the fading Aqueduct horse racing track in Queens has emerged as the country’s highest-grossing slot parlor, helping to reshape the gambling landscape in the Northeast as patrons chose less opulent, more local casinos instead of traditional gambling meccas in Atlantic City and Connecticut.
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Albany Bill on Organ Donation Urges License Applicants to Act
Monday, June 25, 2012June 20th 2012
The New York State Legislature passed a measure on Wednesday aimed at increasing the low number of organ donors in the state by encouraging driver’s license applicants to make an active choice about their donation status. If the bill is signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, New York will become the second state, along with California, to make such a change in its donor registration process.
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