laws

It's a new year, meaning new laws taking effect in New York. Yes, I know bail reform has been all over the news and social media since even before the year turned.  I know I've made my thoughts on that known before, and I've gotta bite my tongue now otherwise it's like beating a dead horse...

It has been over a week since Governor Cuomo's Executive Action ban on e-cigarette flavors.  In the past week, things haven't really settled much. Initially people I knew reacted with a lot of passion- on support of both sides- to this ban...

Well that's a political work-around.  Turns out, since the legalization of marijuana apparently didn't work out, New York State instead decided to decriminalize marijuana in certain amounts. Newyorkupstate.com posted that the New York State Senate voted yesterday to pass a bill decriminalizing possession of less than two ounces of marijuana...

In fact, this could be a historic moment for our furry felines nationwide. No state has yet to ban this procedure.

In complete honesty? I really could care less if this happens. Won't phase me at all.

Remember last year when the kid got in trouble for running a lemonade stand by a fair? Well, that may never happen again for any kid.

There is a push to try and get all terrain vehicles prohibited from the Adirondacks and other areas in the Northeast to help conserve the environment.

If hunting is a yearly tradition for you and your family, this may affect you. NY proposing a law to lower the BAC that is legal to hunt.

We all get these calls. Or even just unwanted telemarketing calls. Maybe not for much longer.

With the clock ticking down on 2018, let's take a gander at some of the things that will be changing in New York for 2019.

Recreational Marijuana could become legal in New York State by early 2019.

This was something I was not aware of. I would also assume many others along with me aren't or weren't either.