Craig Johnson

A severe backlog in the liquor license review process has been hindering small businesses from maximizing their profits, due to an inability to sell alcohol. A new pilot program created by Senator Craig Johnson, D-Port Washington, hopes to circumvent the stalled State Liquor Authority process, however.

The public is angry and so am I.

Albany has been gripped in a web of investigations, scandals, and, in some cases, outright criminality. This bi-partisan shame has been allowed to fester due to a generations-old bi-partisan compact that ties the hands of those best equipped to root out public corruption.

Not many people know this, but the New York State Office of the Attorney General – despite having ample resources – does not have the power to initiate public corruption cases.

Legislation sponsored by Senator Craig M. Johnson (D-Nassau) that will protect disabled New York state residents from discrimination was signed into law last week.

"This state, and Port Washington in particular, has a rich history of defending the civil rights of its residents," Senator Johnson said. "We are the home to the Helen Keller National Center and have been at the forefront of promoting equality and fairness for all out our residents. I am proud to have helped enact a law that follows this tradition and ensures that we protect those who may not be able to protect themselves."

Senate Passes Bill to Mandate Life Without Parole for Child Killers

The Senate Democratic Majority recently passed critical legislation that would have those responsible for the intentional death of a child subject to the strictest possible punishment under the law, Senator Craig M. Johnson, (D-Nassau), announced.

The Child Protection Act of 2010 (S7705) establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated murder of a child. The penalty for this crime would be life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Aggravated Murder of a Child includes: