Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate Democratic Leader, said while the state budget deal makes progress, more work is needed including stronger criminal justice reforms, fully funding public education, making college affordable for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers, providing additional support for Planned Parenthood, and passing ethics and voting reforms. She said the deal moves things forward but the state can do more to protect rights and build a stronger, fairer state.
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate Democratic Leader, said while the state budget deal makes progress, more work is needed including stronger criminal justice reforms, fully funding public education, making college affordable for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers, providing additional support for Planned Parenthood, and passing ethics and voting reforms. She said the deal moves things forward but the state can do more to protect rights and build a stronger, fairer state.
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate Democratic Leader, said while the state budget deal makes progress, more work is needed including stronger criminal justice reforms, fully funding public education, making college affordable for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers, providing additional support for Planned Parenthood, and passing ethics and voting reforms. She said the deal moves things forward but the state can do more to protect rights and build a stronger, fairer state.
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Statement From Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
On State Budget Deal We look forward to reviewing the final bills for the 2017-2018 State Budget and putting the confusion and chaos of the past week behind us. Despite the progress outlined in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice reforms; full funding for our states public education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and voting reforms. This budget deal moves us forward, but we can do more to protect New Yorkers rights and build a stronger, fairer state.
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