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Looking at the Constitutional Provisions Impacting Redistricting in 2022
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caption: 'December 5, 2018<br /> "You said two thirds graduate tuition free, I'm wondering how that plays out between full time and part time students, I'm wondering if there's a disparity in impact for the students who are going part time versus full time," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein to Matthew Sapienza, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer for City University of New York during the public hearing held by the Assembly's Standing Committee on Higher Education to examine the current maintenance of effort provisions for SUNY and CUNY and the potential expansion of such maintenance of effort provisions.<br /> ',
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caption: 'December 4, 2018<br /> "With the medical marijuana at least…there's medical support and supervision, obviously you know with the recreational marijuana there will be less of that and I'm wondering how…that works and the second piece I want to ask you about is…part of this idea people being able to grow individually…I think that opens the market up for people to be able to self-medicate as you said there are recorded test, I'm wondering your views on that as well," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein to Dr. Julia Arnsten, MD,MPH, Chief of Division of Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, during the joint public hearing held by the Assembly's Standing Committees on Codes, Health, Governmental Operations and Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to seek input on proposals to legalize, regulate and tax adult use of marijuana in New York.<br /><a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/20181123.pdf\">PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE</a>',
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caption: 'November 19, 2018<br />"If we reduce criminal justice infractions, we create a new enterprise, we create an opportunity to tax, we put more money into rehab, it will help across the board and we'll see a reduction in violent offenses," said Assemblymember Epstein, a member of the Assembly Committee on Cities, discussing violent crime statistics under the influence of marijuana versus alcohol with John J. Flynn, District Attorney of Erie County, and Ulysees O. Wingo Sr., a member of Buffalo Common Council, during a public hearing to examine the legalization of adult recreational use of marijuana.<br /> ',
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caption: ' June 14, 2018<br />"The right to protest is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution exercising that right is the highest form of patriotism. Increasingly we see shameful efforts to stifle Americans who speak out against many injustices in our country, systemic racism, sexism , income inequality, poverty that breeds atrocities, police brutality and mass incarceration that people of color are subject to every day," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein as he reflected on the right to protest while speaking on the Flag Day resolution. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=K01376&term=2017&Summary=Y&Text=Y\">K1376</a>)<br /> ',
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caption: 'June 11, 2018<br />"The opportunities they have to come back to the profession are critical because there is a shortage of healthcare officials around the world, and the idea that they are willing to give their time to give to others, we should support that," said Assemblyman Harvey Epstein on legislation he authored which would authorize absences by healthcare professionals who volunteer to fight the Ebola virus overseas. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=11020&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\"> A11020</a><br /> ',
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caption: 'June 6, 2018<br />"Many of us know there is a housing shortage in New York City. This bill extends a crucial program called the 8-A Program that provides loans to private landlords to rehabilitate their buildings. We need to give HPD (Housing Prevention and Development) all the tools necessary to rehabilitate apartments and maintain decent, affordable housing," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, author of legislation that extends the expiration of authority granted to the City of New York to restructure rent for units in multiple dwellings and would receive small loans to remove substandard or insanitary conditions. (A.10605)<br /> ',
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caption: 'June 5, 2018<br />"We need to protect our New Yorkers. We're seeing people in housing issues, immigration, consumer … people being afraid to access our court system and we need do better. We need to say that the court system is a safe place for all New Yorkers, whether they're documented or not," said Assemblymember Harvey Weinstein, who co-sponsored legislation that that would enable all members of a community access to the justice system without fear of arrest when going to or returning from court. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=11013&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.11013</a>)<br /> ',
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caption: 'June 4, 2018<br />"This is the fourth week of the Poor People's Movement (PPM), who come to the Albany Capitol and they are in 40 Capitols all over the country, talking about the need for universal health care, affordable housing, and the struggles that working class New Yorkers are facing. And really happy to bring them in to the capital, talk about their struggles, and push us as elected officials to really hear what people are going through," said Assemblymember Epstein, who earlier in the day participated in the PPM demonstration outside of the New York State Capital.<br /> ',
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caption: 'May 15, 2018<br />"The reality is, that what rent-control apartments are doing are keeping people in communities. The few rent-controlled tenants that are left in my district are there because they've lived there, they've raised their kids there, their grandchildren are there. And what they're doing is trying to stay and hold on. And we're seeing what the rent control increases are doing, which are outweighing the rent stabilizing increases, is pushing those low-income tenants out," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein while explaining why he voted in favor of legislation that would create parity between the maximum rent increases eligible for rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A00268&term=2017&Text=Y\">(A.0268)</a><br /> ',
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caption: 'May 7, 2018<br />"I want to be clear that this issue is about safety for people. People take very serious risks in their lives to be able to deal with the issue of gender identity. I want to encourage us to vote in favor of this because this is about ending discrimination," said Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, while voting in favor of legislation that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or expression and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression under the hate crimes statute. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03358&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.3558</a>)<br /> ',
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caption: 'May 3, 2018<br />"Let's say we agree that we need to tackle those, and that's a really important issue that we need to deal with, that doesn't put aside this issue as a concern as well. Can we not work on that issue, but also find opportunities for people who, for their own personal choices and not coerced decisions, want to terminate their lives early, have that opportunity," said Assemblymember Epstein to Susan Dooha, the executive director at the Center for Independence of the Disabled, during a Public Hearing regarding Medical Aid in Dying, in New York City. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/20180409.pdf\">PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE</a><br /> ',
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