Tag: Roger Gilson
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Prop 1 Passes, Allowing Redrawing of Legislative Districts
New Yorkers passed Ballot Proposal One on Nov. 4, altering the way legislative districts will be redrawn after the 2020 census. A decision that has the state’s political players either praising it as a death sentence for partisan gerrymandering or vowing to push for new reforms in a system they think has only superficially changed.…
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Will The SUNY-Wide Smoking Ban Actually Work?
The SUNY Board of Trustees resolution to make all SUNY campuses tobacco-free in 2014 failed to pass through the New York Legislature during the 2013 legislative session. SUNY campuses, including New Paltz, have been preparing for a complete ban since the Board’s resolution was made in 2012. How to effectively enforce such a ban is…