New York – Last week, New York State Assemblymember Clyde Vanel and Senator Jeremy Cooney introduced A10374 (Vanel)/S9439A (Cooney), legislation that would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or operation of robotic devices or drones that are mounted with...

Queens, NY – Today, Queens legislators of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus held a press conference to urge immediate passage of legislation aimed at bringing justice to police and judicial departments...

Recently, New York State became the first state in the nation to create a cryptocurrency task force to study how to properly regulate, define and use cryptocurrency. Last week, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, signed into law The Digital Currency Study Bill,...

In 2015, under the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) advanced rules that treated telecom companies and Internet service providers (ISP) like utilities, aiming to stop them from meddling with the Internet. The rules also...

From September 9, 1777 to June 30, 1778, the first New York State Legislature convened in Kingston New York. And that time, mail was being transported by foot or horseback. The lawmakers traveled to Kingston by horse. The automobile, airplane and telephone...

Since the United States presidential election in 2016, there remains uncertainty on whether Russians hacked into our various state boards of elections. In the same year in New York, 126,000 registered voters were found to be missing from the election...

Recently, while sitting in my office in Queens Village, I decided to conduct a Google search on Bitcoin ATM’s near me. To my surprise, a number of results came up. The closest Bitcoin ATM is located in a convenience store 1/10 of a mile away on the...

Assemblyman Vanel (D-33) announced he helped pass a series of bills aimed at increasing fairness and transparency in the state’s criminal justice system. The legislation helps assure that young people charged with nonviolent offenses have a better chance...

This weekend we witnessed the power of American patriotism as thousands of fellow New Yorkers flooded every terminal of JFK Airport to protest the deeply un-American motion made by President Trump to close our country’s borders. The ban violates our...

United State Senator Chuck Schumer, left, was one of the main speakers at Assemblyman Clyde Vanel’s inauguration to the New York State Assembly. QUEENS VILLAGE — On Sunday January 22, 2017, approximately 800 people from Queens and surrounding areas...