Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon has introduced legislation to help prevent what happened to the family of Bianca Devins from ever happening to anyone else.
Within the next few weeks a law will go into effect that will prevent tattoo parlors from reusing needles. It will also require 'single-use' pigment (ink) packs. Bethanne Callahan-Plato is the owner of Bodily Charm in Utica. She agrees that there needs to be stricter regulations when it comes to tattooing, but she feels the legislation that has passed now has it all wrong.
Standing near the site of a recent meth lab bust in Dewitt, Senator Charles Schumer introduced legislation that would require home sellers and landlords who know a home was used as a meth lab to alert potential buyers or renters.
Legislation is being introduced in both the state Senate and Assembly to require carbon monoxide detectors to be installed during new or renovated school construction projects.
A local Assemblyman is pushing for tougher penalties for animal abusers following the deaths of two dogs found on the railroad tracks in Whitestown.
Anthony Brinsidi says his legislation would change the way certain animal cruelty violations are classified and would increase the penalty for animal abuse charges...