Politicians in New York are looking to break ground by making New York the first state to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21. The New York Daily News is reporting that State Senator Diane Savino, an admitted ex-smoker, is leading the push to make it harder for teenagers to get their hands on [...]
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State Senator Diane Savino, who recently put forward a bill to legalize medical marijuana, is placing heavy pressure on the reluctant Governor Andrew Cuomo to support the bill, according to a report by Capital New York. Cuomo expressed concerns over the bill during an interview on “The Capital Pressroom” with Susan Arbetter. Despite polls that show a majority [...]
Savino Thinks Medical Marijuana Has Enough Votes To Pass, But Cuomo Has His Doubts
by Willie Simpson on Apr 17th, 2013
Support for the legalization of marijuana is at an all-time high (no pun intended). According to a report in the Huffington Post, for the first time ever a majority of Americans, 52 percent, support the legalization of marijuana. A whopping 72 percent believe that the cost of federal enforcement is simply not worth it. Led [...]
Comedian Patton Oswalt Endorses Diane Savino For President Based On Her Marriage Equality Speech
by Willie Simpson on Apr 2nd, 2013
Long before Facebook made supporting marriage equality cool, New York State Senator Diane Savino gave a stirring speech on the issue back in December of 2009. It was both moving and humorous, and Savino respectfully laid out her case for marriage equality. The speech got renewed relevance this past week when famous comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted it out [...]
UPDATE: Verrazano Discount For Staten Island Residents Falls Through
by Willie Simpson on Mar 27th, 2013
Earlier in the month, we whined reported about the discount Staten Island residents were due to get in the form of a reduced Verrazano Bridge toll. While MTA fares were being hiked citywide, we wondered what was so special about Staten Islanders that exempted them from the MTA’s crushing horribleness. Well, according to a report by SI [...]
Newly sworn-in Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, representing a broad swath of Brooklyn’s southern coastline walloped by Superstorm Sandy, is hosting a Post Sandy Town Hall Meeting, according to a last-minute press release his office sent out. The release states: Too many New Yorkers are still struggling to recover and get back to normal after Superstorm Sandy. [...]
After a long night, the winners for our local districts have been announced. Looks like all of the incumbents held their places: Democratic State Senator Diane Savino held onto her seat against Republican Lisa Grey in the 23 District, with 75.7 percent to 24.3 percent of the vote. In District 11, Republican Michael Grimm beat out [...]
Senator Diane Savino and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis watched and rated last night’s Presidential debate together. Take a look at what they had to say to SI Live about the highs and the lows of the battle between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney and see if you agree. Malliotakis gave Obama a C. Reason: On the defensive talking about what [...]
Local Politicans Once Again Considering Plans To Bring Ferry To Southern Brooklyn
by Laura Vladimirova on Aug 1st, 2012
Senator Diane Savino, Assembly Members Alec Brook-Krasny, Steven Cymbowitz and Nicole Malliotakis and Councilman Vincent Gentile have come together to reexamine previously proposed plans for waterway transportation alternatives. They are looking at the success of similar projects in communities with waterway access, such as the East River Fast Ferry. They noted that the East River [...]
Boys Will Be Boys, But Sometimes It Takes A Lady To Get A Job Done (a.k.a. More On Toll Relief)
by Ned Berke on Jul 20th, 2012
Following our post yesterday about toll relief on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the who-said-what-first sniping that’s popped up between State Senator Marty Golden, his Democratic opponent Andrew Gounardes, and Councilman Vincent Gentile (who, it appears, actually said it first), Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis rang in today with her own bit of mischievousness. “If the three [...]
