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Should Westchester Build Tiny Houses for the Homeless? What WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS PRESORT-STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID White Plains, NY Permit #7164 Westchester Rising Yonkerstimes.com www.RisingMediaGroup.com Friday April 9, 2021 What You Need to Know About Corrections Unions Push Back on Legalization of Marijuana in NY ‘False Narrative’ of HALT Act Will Any Westchester Town or City Opt Out? “Solitary Confinement Does Not Exist in New York State” By Dan Murphy Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that legalized the recre- ational use and sale of marijuana in New York State. Calling it “a historic By Dan Murphy day” Cuomo signed the legalization bill into law on March 31, but many parts of legal pot in NY will take months and even years to complete before On April 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed The HALT Solitary Con- any bit of marijuana is legally grown and sold in our state. finement Act. into law. The legislation allegedly puts an end to the practice of solitary confinement in New York State. Immediate effects of the legalization of marijuana include: But members of the Corrections Unions in NY, including Neil Pellone, President of the Westchester Corrections Officers union, claim that the Anyone over the age of 21 can legally possess up to 3 ounces of pot in HALT Act is based on a false narrative because solitary confinement no NY starting immediately. longer exists in New York’s prisons. Smoking marijuana is now permitted anywhere in New York where “The term “solitary confinement” implies total isolation and separation smoking in permitted. But smoking cannabis, is not permitted in schools, of other individuals with limited to no human contact, further pushing the workplaces or inside a car. In New York City, it will be banned in parks, outdated misconceptions and intentional misrepresentations of Solitary beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas, and playgrounds, where tobacco Confinement that are not reflective of current practices in New York State smoking is banned. Smoking is generally permitted on sidewalks in the jails and prisons. The truth is New York State utilizes Special Housing city. Units (SHUs), which were designed with the safety of all incarcerated individuals in mind. SHUs are used as a correctional tool to control dan- Delays in the sale and growing of marijuana include: gerous situations and only when incarcerated individuals commit serious infractions,” writes Pellone, in an OP-ED that can be found at Yonker- Adults will have to wait to legally grow marijuana at home. The state sTimes.com and also on page 8. must still write specific regulations for home growing, which could take A coaltion of Downstate Correction Offiders Unions have joined to between 6-18 months. The new law permits individuals to grow 6 plants speak out against HALT and the fact that State legislators failed to meet per adult member of a household, or a maximum of 12 plants per house- with their unions or visit prisons across the state. hold. The plants must stay on an owner’s or renter’s property, or indoors, “Last week’s passage of HALT is just another ill-conceived piece of and “reasonable” steps must be taken to secure the plants to prevent access legislation that received no significant input from the stakeholders it ef- by anyone 21 and under. It may take 18 months for New Yorkers to legally fects most, correction officers on the state and county levels.” grown marijuana in their homes. “The fact is, violence against staff has continued to rise despite a signifi- No one can sell marijuana legally in NY, even after the bill was signed cant reduction in the inmate population. On the state level, attacks on into law. That is because the state must establish the Office of Cannabis staff have increased almost 40 percent over the past five years while those Management, write the rules, and seek retail vendors and issue licenses. incarcerated have been reduced by almost 18,000,” said Michael Powers, At the earliest, legal sales won’t happen until April 1, 2022, and could NYS Corrections Officers and Police Benevolent Association. take another 6 months, or perhaps until 2023. “There has been no meaningful discussion on how to curb the violence So, the question becomes, while it is legal to possess and smoke mari- and protect staff, as well as those inmates who are targeted by other in- juana in New York, you can’t buy it in NY, and technically, you can’t mates. The amendments proposed to the HALT legislation simply do not legally buy it in Massachusetts and bring it back to NY, although tens of go far enough to protect staff and until that is addressed, the violence and thousands of smokers do so. That is because Federal law still makes pos- dangers inside our correctional facilities will continue.” session of marijuana a crime. continued on pg 8- _____________________________________________________________ continued on pg 7- Idoni Gets WFP Line and More Progressive Should Westchester Build Tiny Houses for the Homeless? Support Throughout Westchester County Clerk Tim Idoni, left, and Yonkers Councilmember Shanae Williams By Dan Murphy For more than 60% of Westchester residents and voters, the most im- portant political date in the county is June 22, the date of the Democratic a petition drive calling to build Tiny Houses similar to ones built in other US Cities Primary. Several democratic primaries across the county have progressive democrats challenging incumbent democratic elected officials. By Camryn Sanchez Westchester Democrats will be voting on their candidate for County As of this week, the Tiny Houses for Yonkers Homeless petition has Clerk on June 22. Incumbent Democrat County Clerk Tim Idoni is running reached 1,700 out of 2,500 desired signatures. The Yonkers Homelessness for re-eleciton, and a 5th term. Yonkers City Councilmember Shanae Wil- Outreach Forum headed by community activist Maddie Cheatham-Walker liams is challenging Idoni for County Clerk. created the petition to indicate that a tiny house village in Yonkers is some- While some Westchester democrats challenging incumbents have been thing the community supports. able to secure support and other resources, so far, Idoni has been able to se- The purpose of the petition is solely to get permission from the city to cure the endorsement of the Working Families Party, WFP, 98% of district use a space for the tiny house village. In terms of funding, Cheatham-Walker leaders at the Westchester Democratic convention, and almost all of the says she is committed to building the house with or without city funding. democratic leaders and committees across the county. The housing insecure population in Yonkers has risen this year due to a The Working Families Party endorsed Idoni on March 15. “A New variety of factors including COVID-19 and the Special One-Time Assistance York that works for working people starts at the local level. That’s why our program known as SOTA which relocates homeless people from the five Party is thrilled to be backing over 100 candidates across the Hudson Valley boroughs of New York City into Yonkers. Region running for municipal and county office, all of whom have com- Longtime Yonkers resident John Rivera says he has observed the situa- mitted to always putting the many before the few,” said New York Working tion worsening. “I’ve been seeing a lot of fresh new faces, and when I ask the Families Party State Director Sochie Nnaemeka. “COVID-19 has made it person ‘Where you from?’ they say, ‘Oh I’m from the Bronx, I’m from Man- clearer than ever that too many New Yorkers have suffered under decades hattan.’ So I’m like ‘Bro why are you up here?’ and they said, “They sent us up here.’” continued on pg 7- continued on pg 7- _____________________________________________________________ PAGE 2 - WESTCHESTER RISING - FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 IBM & New York State Roll Out AG James Gets Rebates For Excelsior Vaccine APP COVID Cable Sports Charges By Dan Murphy New York State and IBM announced on March 26 the launch of Excelsior Pass-— a free, voluntary platform which utilizes proven, secure technology to confirm an individual’s recent negative PCR or antigen test result or proof of vaccination to help fast-track the reopening of business- es and event venues in accordance with New York State Department of Health guidelines. Similar to a mobile airline boarding pass, individuals Yankee Stadium was empty during most of 2020 during COVID will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app. Each Pass will have a secure QR On March 25, New York Attorney General Letitia James today an- code, which participating businesses and venues can scan using a com- nounced that nearly 4 million cable and satellite television subscribers panion app to verify proof of COVID-19 negative test results or proof across New York state have received approximately $76 million in rebates of vaccination. An individual’s data is kept secure and confidential at all after they were charged for live sports programming last year during the times. peak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic even though As part of this initial launch, participating New Yorkers may choose all live sports events had been cancelled. In response to news reports high- to use Excelsior Pass to verify their COVID-19 vaccination or negative lighting the problem, last April, Attorney General James sent seven major test results as needed to gain entry to major stadiums and arenas, wedding cable and satellite television providers in New York letters, demanding they receptions, or catered and other events above the social gathering limit.
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