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Landmark Legal Cases: Trump and Hong Kong Activists Convicted

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Trump Found Guilty on 34 Counts in Hush-Money Case

New York NY, in a historic verdict, a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts related to falsifying business records in the hush-money trial against him. This decision marks Trump as the first former US president to be convicted of a crime.

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Mapping the Expansion of Online Casinos in New York

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New York Senator Joseph Addabbo believes it is a matter of when and not if online casinos will be legalized in the Empire State. Addabbo is leading a group of legislators pushing for the authorization of online casinos in NY by the end of this year.

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New York State : Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

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Albany NY , New York’s Democratic politicians have routinely advised their Republican residents: get out of Dodge if you don’t like it here.  In 2014, Andrew Cuomo told reporters that “they [Republicans] have no place in the state of New York.”

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Governor Cuomo : ” the old model of our education system where everyone sits in a classroom is not going to work in the new normal”

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NYS and Gates Foundation Will Convene Experts to Answer Key Questions About What Education Should Look Like in the Future

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Albany NY, remote learning could replace the practice of a teacher standing in front of a classroom instructing students in the post-coronavirus area, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested Tuesday. Cuomo dropped the bombshell while announcing a partnership with the Gates Foundation to “reimagine” education in the post-COVID era.

“The last few months have been an incredibly stressful time full of change, but we have to learn and grow from this situation and make sure we build our systems back better than they were before,” Governor Cuomo said. “One of the areas we can really learn from is education because the old model of our education system where everyone sits in a classroom is not going to work in the new normal. When we do reopen our schools let’s reimagine them for the future, and to do that we are collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and exploring smart, innovative education alternatives using all the new technology we have at our disposal.”

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Open Letter From New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica Regarding Amazon

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“As just about everyone in this state, if not the country, knows by now, Amazon has terminated its plans to bring its second headquarters to New York State. It is a tremendous loss for New Yorkers and I hope that at a minimum, we understand the lessons learned.

“In my 23 years in the State Capitol, three as Budget Director, Amazon was the single greatest economic development opportunity we have had. Amazon chose New York and Virginia after a year-long national competition with 234 cities and states vying for the 25,000-40,000 jobs. For a sense of scale, the next largest economic development project the state has completed was for approximately 1,000 jobs. People have been asking me for the past week what killed the Amazon deal. There were several factors. 

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