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caption: 'May 21, 2019<br />"I think it's a way to help people get back to normal life, not have them to go to prison for something that really doesn't merit sitting in jail for a year and we're hoping the governor will support this legislation," said Assemblymember Galef, discussing legislation she sponsored and passed to establish a local court or a division of a local court to address issues particular to specific types of victims and defendants, often referred to as \"problem-solving courts (<a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=5937&term=2019&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.5937</a>).<br /> ',
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Galef Fights to Expand Problem-Solving Courts Program
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caption: 'May 20, 2019<br />Assemblywoman Galef introduces Julia Meyer, a junior at Croton Harmon High School, who was visiting the Assembly as part of The League of Women Voters program where students shadow a legislator to understand how government works.<br /> ',
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Croton Harmon HS Student Meets With Assemblywoman Galef
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caption: 'April 30, 2019<br />"There are all kinds of protocols that our schools have put together to protect our children and the people that work in the schools. Well, on Election Day all that kind of goes out the window because what happens is, it's an open process, no one has to identify themselves going in to vote," said Assemblywoman Sandy Galef during the press conference held to introduce Bill <a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A04743&term=2019&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A. 4743</a> which provides public school districts with the authority to decline, or change a school building's designation as a polling location.<br /> ',
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Galef Discusses School Safety During Elections
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caption: 'February 27, 2019<br />"We needed health care clinics, we needed health services in northern Westchester. And for people to have to travel very very long distances to get health care was not right. And so she worked with other friends and led them to make sure that in the Peekskill community a healthcare center opened in 1975," said Assemblymember Galef while discussing the inspiration of Reverend Phillips being an asset to the medical and health care community. Her efforts created forty-three health centers throughout the Hudson Valley, NYC, and Long Island. The Assembly will be voting on a resolution to support Reverend Phillips' accomplishments in recognition of Black History Month.<br /><br /> ',
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Assemblymember Galef Introduces Reverend Phillips
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caption: 'February 12, 2019<br />Assemblywoman Galef questions Executive Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance, Nonie Manion about the STAR Program during the joint Assembly and Senate Budget Hearing on Taxes.<br /> ',
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Galef Fights for the STAR Program Recipients
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caption: 'February 5, 2019<br />\"It is my pleasure to introduce from the Putnam County Youth Bureau a number of people that have come up. Janeen Cunningham, who's Executive Director of the youth bureau, Dana Foley and Michelle Veralli who are staff people for the Putnam County Youth Bureau as well as wonderful younger lobbyists, Sara, Eden, Gabby, and Rowan. And it's so wonderful to have them come up and I know that if they are part of the process here in Albany that they are going to be a part of the process of being involved with government for the rest of their lives,\" said Assemblywoman Galef today during introductions on the floor of the Assembly.',
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Putnam County Youth Bureau Visits Assembly
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caption: 'January 29, 2019<br />"You can imagine in our state there are hundreds and thousands of people who have gone through some kind of child abuse and I'm so excited that we've been able to protect those children and allow them the opportunity to take their case to court whenever they decide to go forward with it," said Assemblymember Galef discussing legislation she helped pass to extend statutes of limitations and allow more childhood sexual abuse victims face their abusers in court. (<a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A02683&term=2019&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.2683</a>).<br /> ',
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Galef Fights to Stop Childhood Sexual Abuse
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caption: 'January 23, 2019<br />"If the caregiver does not feel like they are competent enough to handle that medical care that they can tell the hospital and the hospital will make sure that some kind of a home care facility or nurse comes in," said Assemblymember Galef, explaining a bill she authored that would ensure patients to receive adequate post-hospital care.<br /> ',
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Galef Fights to Ensure Adequate Post-Hospitalization Care
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caption: 'June 20, 2018<br /> "Our taxing system in New York State is so unfair and we here can do something about it, but again we have to be brave, we have to stand up and say yes or its not ever going to change," said Assemblywoman Sandy Galef on the Assembly floor during legislative session in support of A.11154 which grants a partial exemption to certain real property on Nassau County assessment rolls. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=a11154&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A11154</a>)<br /> ',
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Assemblywoman Galef Supports Tax Exemptions for Nassau County
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Galef Fights to Protect Children
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Galef Speaks On Cooperative Corporation Property Tax Bill
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Galef Explains Vote for Legislators to Solemnize Marriages
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Galef on Central Venous Lines Care
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Galef: Proper Care for Venous Line Patients
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Peekskill Senior Citizens Visit the Assembly
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caption: 'May 29, 2018<br />"Could you just give me a summary of all of your failings during this last storm and the timetable for correcting all of those failings?" asked Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, questioning John McAvoy, Chairman and CEO of Consolidated Edison Inc., about the failings and mistakes made during previous storms and corrections for those failings in the future during an Assembly Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions public hearing to examine the response of utilities to winter snowstorms in the Hudson Valley. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/20180501a.pdf\">PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE</a><br /> ',
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Galef Inquires About Shortcomings During Previous Storms
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caption: 'April 18, 2018<br />"What we have learned over the past number of years is that there is lead in the wiring and what it does, the lead makes it fire retardant, but it also makes the wires flexible. The difficulty is, especially when sun gets to it or overuse, the lead starts to pull away and people get it on their hands, so as they're decorating their trees and so on, and we have children doing this, they have lead on their trees," said Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, who authored legislation, passed by the Assembly today, that would require decorative lights sold in New York to have a label warning consumers that the product contains lead and reminds them to wash their hands after usage. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=4345&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.4345)</a><br /> ',
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Galef: Lead Warning Needed on Decorative Lights
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caption: 'April 16, 2018<br />"This is also a situation when people have lost a job and if they go to a potential employer and they ask for their last wage, they may not get the job because their salary was too high before, but they're willing to get into a company to be able to start the process again," stated Assemblymember Sandy Galef, speaking about her legislation that prohibits employers from seeking salary history from prospective employees and establishes a public awareness campaign during Assembly Legislative Session. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A02040&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.02040C</a>)<br /> ',
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Galef on Equal Pay Legislation
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Galef Advocates for Assessing Nuclear Plant's Value Post-Closure
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caption: 'March 15, 2018<br /> "On the federal level the U.S. Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright…This bill is to clarify that and to say that copyrights, if a government has been instructed to produce a record or it takes on using public dollars to produce a public record, that that public record should be available to the public to receive and there are exemptions if it's artistic creativity, academic or scientific research those would not be under this copyright law," said Assemblywoman Sandy Galef Sponsor of <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A02401&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.2401</a> which guarantees that copyright claims should not chill the desire or ability of citizens to use public records to serve as an impediment to the economic interest of the State.<br /> ',
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Assemblywoman Galef Introduces Legislation on Copyright Claims
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Galef Reviews Constituent Survey
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caption: 'March 5, 2018<br />Assemblywoman Galef met with State Fire officials recently to discuss a variety of issues. A few of the more important topics included the costs of ambulance services and how those services are billed, as well as possible pause on sales tax during Fire Prevention Week in October. "The whole issue of the ambulance versus the fire department, and many of our fire departments also have an ambulance, but they can't bill for ambulance services… And that's important to the people in our communities, it's a tax issue," Assemblywoman Glaef added.<br /> ',
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Meeting with State Fire Officials
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caption: 'February 28, 2018<br />"The monies that will be raised for this tax check off for the Summer Reading Program will go right to our libraries and help our kids. And it is a wonderful way to make a contribution large or small," said Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, who authored legislation that allows for gifts or donations to be given to the love your library fund on corporate and personal income tax forms. (Chapter 174 of the laws of 2017).<br /><br /><br /> ',
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Galef Legislation Places Library Gift Check-off on Tax Forms
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Galef Notes a Paid Interest of 2% of Property Taxes
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Property Tax Relief Programs
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Galef Works to Make Filing Taxes Simpler for All New Yorkers
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This Valentine's Day, Spread Love by Registering to Become an Organ Donor
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Importance of the STAR Program
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Charitable Tax Deductions
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caption: 'February 5, 2018<br />"There has been a lot of discussion in my community about the evaluation of our golf courses. More recently, the town of Ossining has gone through reassessment so it's brought that more to life. I've introduced some legislation that will give an opportunity for our communities to decide whether they would like to reassess the golf courses on a business model or best, highest use of the land and it's an option for the community to try," stated Assemblymember Sandy Galef on recent legislation regarding golf courses in communities. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=9677&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A. 9677</a>).<br /> ',
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Golf Course Action in Communities
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Galef Works to Expand Tax Relief Program, Education Aid
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Complete a Course of Instruction in the Law and Ethics of Fundraising
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caption: 'May 5, 2016<br />Assemblywoman Galef explained key changes to the STAR program in order to correct confusion throughout the system. "Everybody who has STAR or Enhanced STAR now that are living in their residence will continue to get it. The change was, if you move or there's new construction and you go into a new house you'll be in a different plan. It will mean that your STAR benefit will not be on your school bill, lowering your school tax. Instead you're going to get an income tax credit, a check sent to you later on. So people are going to have to pay all their taxes upfront and then wait for a check," Galef said.<br /> ',
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Outside Income for Members of the Assembly
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Efficient Government