Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY
Reporter, @WNYC / @Gothamist. Covering all things NY state government and politics. [email protected] gothamist.com/staff/jon-camp… Albany, N.Y. Joined January 2009-
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One other alcohol-related thing in the NY budget: Regular, non-restaurant movie theaters will be able to get a license to sell mixed drinks. A couple years ago, the SLA started letting them sell beer/wine. Now they get cocktails etc.
One other alcohol-related thing in the NY budget: Regular, non-restaurant movie theaters will be able to get a license to sell mixed drinks. A couple years ago, the SLA started letting them sell beer/wine. Now they get cocktails etc.
Under discussion in NYC mayoral control talks: A change to how the Panel for Ed Progress chair (currently picked by mayor) is selected. Stewart-Cousins says one possibility is having Senate leader, Assembly leader and Regents pick candidates -- then mayor picks from that list
Sammy's Law -- the bill that will allow NYC to lower its default speed limit to 20 mph -- will be part of the state budget, with a caveat making clear it doesn't apply to roads with three or more lanes of traffic in one direction. gothamist.com/news/lawmakers…
Sammy's Law poised to become law @JonCampbellNY @s_nessen gothamist.com/news/lawmakers…
Hochul on NYC mayoral control: "I would say if you have the patience for another day and a half, you'll know all. Right now, I am optimistic, but this is an ongoing situation."
Hochul, re: the retail theft package in the budget, pulls one of her favorite cards: "I know a lot of people, a lot of pundits, a lot of critics said we couldn't get it done." Shoutout to the horde of pundits out there weighing in on the retail theft parts of the NY budget.
Indian Point owner sues NY to overturn law banning radiological water in Hudson River lohud.com/story/news/ny-…
Some of the last things still being negotiated in the NY budget: - A crackdown on license plate covers/toll evasion/etc. - Mayoral control of NYC schools
.@clewisreports claims she didn't even mean to make a pun here but I'm not sure I believe her tbh gothamist.com/news/housing-c…
Looks like Hochul and lawmakers will extend to-go cocktails at restaurants/bars for another five years. The law was due to expire next year. Hochul pushed for a permanent extension. They landed on five years.
Three state budget bills printed overnight - TED, PPGG and Revenue. Lawmakers expect to start voting on them today.
Scoop: Micron will be next to get giant check from federal govt as part of effort to make semiconductors in US. Biden scheduled to go to Syracuse region on April 25 as part of announcement. Micron grant will be $6.1 billion. Story by @mackhawk and me:…
Scoop: Micron will be next to get giant check from federal govt as part of effort to make semiconductors in US. Biden scheduled to go to Syracuse region on April 25 as part of announcement. Micron grant will be $6.1 billion. Story by @mackhawk and me:…
“I will not directly quote President Biden, but I will come close: This is a big deal,” Hochul says on @InsideCityHall of the state budget. Then she … pulled out a prop? A framed checklist of the things she got in the budget.
Tonight at 7 on Inside City Hall: @errollouis sits down with @GovKathyHochul to talk details of the tentative state budget deal and the cyberattack against the state legislature
I tried to warn you. nypost.com/2024/04/17/us-…
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It’s a lectern not a podium
When I pitch a story but haven’t done any reporting yet
@JonCampbellNY “Parameters of a conceptual agreement” was immediately amazing.
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Main event in Utica: USA vs Canada #WomensWorlds
This article prompted OJ to call into the Buffalo News on a Saturday morning to deny the rumors. My former colleague Henry Davis was walking into the newsroom when he had the call unexpectedly transferred to his desk. OJ, oddly, kept calling him Hank.
When I was in high school, OJ looked at a house across the street from the school itself and it dominated the rumor mill for WEEKS. buffalonews.com/article_4deffe…
@JonCampbellNY Cause it looks like a tooth! From the air, not from the street. Obviously.
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@JonCampbellNY That happened in Penfield (near Rochester) as well. 👎
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