State
- Governor Cuomo's newly formed Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission has begun meeting with state lawmakers and advocacy organizations, including our partners at the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAP). The panel, charged with finding ways to consolidate state government to save money, is said to be considering consolidating the Department of Health, Office of Mental Health, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Office for the Aging.
- The next meeting of the governor's Medicaid Redesign Team is happening on May 12 in Manhattan. The meeting will be a work session with no public comment.
- In a major victory for New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS, a federal judge ruled against plans by Mayor Bloomberg's administration to cut the staff of the city's HIV/AIDS Services Administration.
- In an era of prison closures and the implementation of drug law reform, Governor Cuomo is confronting the legacy of his father, Governor Mario Cuomo.
National
- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider an early challenge to the federal health-care law, allowing appeals courts to hear arguments first over its constitutionality.
- Thanks to DC Central Kitchen's Culinary Job Training program, 2011 marked the third year that formerly incarcerated and homeless adults helped put on the White House Easter Egg Roll.
- Meanwhile, the rise of the Internet and the proliferation of screening companies that perform background checks have made seeking employment with a criminal records even more difficult, The New York Times reports.
- Amid the many cuts dealt by the 2011 budget deal, AIDS Drug Assistance programs are to receive an additional $25 million.
- At a recent conference at Princeton University, educators and activists put a spotlight on the disproportionate incarceration of minorities in the United States.
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