legislation

City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans announced three legislative plans to address property issues and vacant homes. This comes after Mayor Evans was alerted to property issues such as code violations and fires in vacant buildings over the past few months. Mayor Evans along with other city officials want to hold the small number of […]

New federal legislation to combat food insecurity called Closing The Meal Gap introduced by anti-hunger advocates. The new legislation aims to fill the gap with food assistance benefits since the federal government canceled extra SNAP in March. If the bill passes, it would increase the baseline for SNAP benefits and extend them to families in […]

Hot topic for New Yorkers as a renewed bill makes it way back to legislation for approval. The bill A04116, which originated back in 2021 would ban tackle football for children 12 and under. Following Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin life threatening incident during a live game the topic of player health and safety is […]

Across the United States, educators are being censored for discussing ‘controversial’ topics in the classroom. According to researcher Jeffrey Sachs, since January 2021, 35 states have introduced 137 bills limiting what schools can teach with regard to race, American history, politics, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Sachs stated: “That means that a teacher would have […]

To help combat the recent uptick in catalytic converter thefts a new bill has passed for Monroe County. The new bill adds to the legislation that was passed back in 2013 that helped then to lower thefts of converters. The new law that was passed Tuesday includes the following to help combat theft: Mandates cash […]

After executing more than 1,300 people over 400 years, Virginia’s Governor, Ralph Northam, signed legislation abolishing capital punishment.  This makes Virginia the first Southern state to abloish capital punishment and many believe this is a big step toward change. The article states: “It’s a move that experts and death penalty abolition advocates say has great […]

Two bills for stricter gun control have passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure in one bill is closing loopholes such as background checks for every gun sale including online and private sales. The second bill would give authorities 10 business days to complete federal background checks before the gun is sold. As […]

The House of Representatives approved the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 Relief Package late Friday / ealry Saturday morning. The legislation includes measures like sending $1400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans and increase the vaccine distribution and make sure unemployment lasts through the summer. The bill is called the “American Rescue Plan” and narrowly […]

Things happening that we must pay close attention to across the country. This one is voting. Across the United States, Republican lawmakers have introduced bills that would restrict voting. This is pretty much backlash from this past election and they are still claiming voter fraud. I’m just going to say it. They are trying to […]

In response to the Rochester Police officers who pepper sprayed a handcuffed nine year old girl, state legislatures are putting together a bill that would make it illegal to use chemical agents on minors by police officers. State Sen. Samra Brouk (D-55) and Assemblymember Demond Meeks (D-137) are taking point and say that the bill […]