Tag: State Senate
The State Senate on Tuesday passed a bill, 49-13, to allow Mixed Martial Arts, a popular form of supervised violence, in New York State, the New York Post reports. If a similar bill passes in the Assembly, MMA could soon be legalized in New York. “It’s the right thing to do,” said Sen. Timothy Kennedy […]
A bill that would enable the state attorney general to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians in altercations with the police has failed in the state Senate. Capital reports that it was “voted down 20-16” in the GOP-led Senate Finance Committee. The bill was proposed by Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins after Eric Garner died at […]
