Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a message for New York City: Get tougher on screening patients for the state’s budget-busting Medicaid program or expect to shoulder more of the cost. Mayor Bill de Blasio projects […]
Richard Gottfried
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Future of West Side Piers Hazy as Cuomo Pushes for Action
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to put his muscle behind a pair of languishing projects on Manhattan’s West Side waterfront, pushing for development on both Pier 40 and Pier 76 in his 2020 legislative […]
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Staten Island Medical Marijuana Shop on Hold Until September
The only borough without a medical marijuana dispensary will have to wait until at least September to get its first legal pot shop. A dispensary had been set to open in June on Staten Island, which has roughly 2,500 patients registered to get medical marijuana prescriptions — a larger population share than any other borough. […]