Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 5:44:49 GMT -6
Albany -- Advocates for indigent legal clients cheered. Supporters of housing for the homeless jeered. And the spouses of well-heeled but dead politicians saw a looming end to their influence.
As the 2016 legislative session drew to a fitful close in the wee hours Saturday morning, denizens of the Capitol began to mentally draw up their lists of this year's winners and losers. Some of the people, institutions and industries on those tallies have known for months which side of the ledger they would appear on, while others didn't get the news until the final bills hit lawmakers' desks.
Opinions varied depending on one's point of view, though it was clear that the sharpest discontent was felt by powerful players in the "disruptive" digital economy — including Airbnb, Uber and Lyft — who blasted what they said were slaps by a hidebound, union-dominated Legislature that fears technological change.
With the proviso that many of the measures in question still need to be signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, here's a first-draft look at those who came out on top, or lower down, as lawmakers return to their districts.
Read more: www.timesunion.com/local/article/N-Y-legislative-session-creates-plenty-of-8311187.php
As the 2016 legislative session drew to a fitful close in the wee hours Saturday morning, denizens of the Capitol began to mentally draw up their lists of this year's winners and losers. Some of the people, institutions and industries on those tallies have known for months which side of the ledger they would appear on, while others didn't get the news until the final bills hit lawmakers' desks.
Opinions varied depending on one's point of view, though it was clear that the sharpest discontent was felt by powerful players in the "disruptive" digital economy — including Airbnb, Uber and Lyft — who blasted what they said were slaps by a hidebound, union-dominated Legislature that fears technological change.
With the proviso that many of the measures in question still need to be signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, here's a first-draft look at those who came out on top, or lower down, as lawmakers return to their districts.
Read more: www.timesunion.com/local/article/N-Y-legislative-session-creates-plenty-of-8311187.php