Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Hochul still has an ally when it comes to her housing ideas
The governor said she will be following up with New York City Mayor Eric Adams on several initiatives they both want to “get done.”
Policy
Policy
Big NYC businesses gets hit with payroll mobility tax increase in Hochul’s proposed budget
The governor has proposed an increase to a 0.6% tax rate
Politics
Politics
How’d Eric Adams do in the state budget? So-so.
Migrant funding, bail laws, housing, MTA funding and more – it all affects New York City.
Policy
Policy
Hochul announces tentative agreement on state budget
The governor says she and legislative leaders have reached a deal for a $229 billion spending plan
NYPD
Policy
The NYPD isn’t the only overspender on overtime. Just the biggest.
Mayor Adams complained people care too much about police department overtime. There’s a reason.
Budget
Policy
As state budget process reportedly winds down, will there be time to review the final document?
Some lawmakers are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul not to expedite the vote with a “message of necessity.”
Policy
Policy
Why does the NYC Council think there’s more money to spend than Eric Adams?
City Hall and the City Council often have different budget projections – and the council has been more accurate in recent years.
Politics
Politics
The budget is late, but not as late as many of its predecessors
Not to freak you out but New York leaders have pushed this into late April, May, even August.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York's public safety and affordable housing crises are inextricably linked
Amid stalled budget talks, it’s time we treat them as such
Heard Around Town
Policy
Adams shouldn’t cut housing agency budgets, advocates say
Developers and homeless service providers united against the New York City mayor’s budget cut plans.
Housing
Policy
Lawmakers to Hochul: No housing without ‘good cause’
A growing number of state legislators say they’d rather cut housing from the budget completely than approve a deal without tenant protections.
Housing
Policy
Senate open to zoning overrides but Assembly opposed, sources say
Housing is now dominating budget talks as state leaders work towards passing a budget that’s more than two weeks late
Politics
Politics
NY bill calls for governor’s salary to be withheld during budget delay
State lawmakers are prohibited from receiving a salary until a final budget is passed, and they want the governor to abide by the same rules.
Budget
Policy
Officials reach a tentative compromise on bail
After weeks of negotiations, legislative leaders and the governor have all but signed off on a deal that would remove the ‘least restrictive means’ standard for violent felonies
Heard Around Town
Politics
Immigrant activists say asylum-seekers should mean more money for schools, not less
It was the latest rally against New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed budget cuts.
Politics
Politics
NY government passes second stopgap as budget delays stretch on
Lawmakers have another week to agree on a funding plan.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Mental health emergencies deserve compassion, not criminalization
This year’s state budget must include funding for a pilot program that sends trained counselors, not armed police officers, to respond to mental health crises.
Policy
Policy
Lawmakers decry bail reform rollbacks at Rikers Island surprise visit
While the governor and legislative leaders tussle over bail reform rollbacks in the state budget, lawmakers argue changes will worsen conditions at the jail complex.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: More people will die at Rikers if Hochul rolls back bail reform
We are family members of people who died at Rikers. If Rikers had killed white people, the governor would close it, not condemn more people there.
Policy
Policy
Just like that a proposal to roll back NY’s climate law got nixed
Almost as soon as news broke that the governor was considering allowing more emissions, she reversed course in negotiations.
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