January 7: Community Update from Sen. Shelley Mayer

Dear Friends:

I hope you had a happy and healthy holiday season and start to the New Year.

The beginning of January marks the Legislature's return to session. Our first day of the Legislative Session is on Wednesday, January 8th. I look forward to hearing Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State Address that day. To watch the address live at 1:30 PM, click here.

The holiday season was filled with sadness for many of us as we learned of several anti-Semitic incidents and the horrific attack on a rabbi and his family celebrating the 7th night of Hanukkah in Rockland County. The increasing incidents of hate in our communities and here in Westchester require that speak up, vociferously, in our private and public worlds. We cannot sit silently without condemning these acts of hate. In the aftermath of the Monsey stabbing, I was glad to gather with colleagues and community members at several events in a display of solidarity with people from all different faiths and backgrounds. Read more about these events in the section below.

Thank you to Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing into law two important bills that I co-sponsored and voted for during the 2019 Legislative Session. The Call Center Jobs Act protects good paying jobs in New York by penalizing companies that move New York jobs to another country. The Elevator Safety Act requires licensing of every individual who is engaged in the design, construction, inspection, maintenance and repair of elevators and other automated moving people devices. Thank you also to our allies in organized labor for advocating for both of these bills. Read more about these two new laws in the section below.

During this holiday season, I have also been working with my colleagues to assist individuals affected by the closing of the Doral Arrowwood Resort in Rye Brook. The abrupt news will have a lasting impact on the community, including the loss of 275 local jobs and almost $2million in combined annual tax revenue for the Village of Rye Brook & the Blind Brook School District. I am working with the NYS Attorney General's Office and the Department of Labor to assist the affected individuals. Read more about this developing situation in the section below.

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if there is an issue my office can help with or a community event you would like me to know about. You can call 914-934-5250 or email smayer@nysenate.gov.

Kind regards,

Shelley B. Mayer 

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