Policy
Policy
These 3 NY budget proposals have support from conservatives, liberals – and not Kathy Hochul
The governor is resisting expanded school lunches, housing vouchers and health insurance for undocumented immigrants.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Adams proposes 4% cuts to city agencies – again
The council and progressives immediately pushed back against the mayor’s latest cost-savings initiative.
Budget
Personality
Here’s when City & State readers think the budget will be finished
And don’t forget, the best guess will win a CSNY shower curtain!
Policy
Policy
NYC Council calls for restoring budget cuts, with additional funds for housing, libraries and more
There’s more juice to squeeze out of the city budget, City Council says in preliminary budget response.
Politics
Politics
Hochul announces April 10 budget extender
As they continue negotiating beyond the April 1 deadline, lawmakers have indicated there will be no agreement before the Passover and Easter holidays.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Activists went full throttle in the Capitol’s War Room this week
Arrests, profanity, furniture removal. The War Room has seen it all.
Personality
Personality
Guess when New York will have a budget for some sweet City & State swag
We’ve got a coveted City & State NY shower curtain for the lucky person who guesses the date and time the spending plan is passed.
Politics
Politics
As New York lawmakers decide how to spend billions, they make time for fundraising
At least 21 state lawmakers held fundraisers during budget season, and government watchdogs are predictably puke emoji about it.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NY Legislature – fight for the film tax credit! Sincerely, NYC borough presidents
The film biz brings jobs and cachet to New York City.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Open New York pushes Hochul’s Housing Compact
An incentive-only approach to encourage localities to meet housing creation targets is a “nonstarter,” the pro-development group says.
Politics
Politics
The state of state budget talks: ‘the middle of the middle’
The state’s spending plan is due in a day, but everyone’s given up passing it on time.
Budget
Opinion
Opinion: Real public safety starts with funding public goods, not police
We can tax the rich and use that money to invest in affordable housing, public transit, free childcare and higher education, and alternatives to incarceration.
Policy
Policy
Legal experts warn Hochul’s proposal would change definition of bail
Could New York be on the brink of upending decades of law around pretrial detention?
Heard Around Town
Policy
Adams: funding for migrants is top priority in Albany
The New York City Mayor visited the Capitol monday to lobby for his budget asks
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Poll: New Yorkers back bail changes, millionaires tax
A new Siena College poll has bits of good news for everyone heading into the budget
Budget
Policy
The little-known upstate version of 421-a is … also unpopular with the Legislature
The New York state Senate and Assembly simply don’t want to give developers tax breaks, not in the city and not elsewhere.
Budget
Politics
What does Kathy Hochul need $5 million in promotional content for?
Support from outside funders urging people to support the governor’s budget priorities has raised eyebrows about her negotiating position.
Policy
Policy
The NYPD is way over its overtime budget. Does the department even care?
The New York City Police Department’s commitment to curbing OT spending was met with skepticism at a City Council hearing.
New York State
Policy
Legislature takes a knife to Hochul’s agenda in budget proposals
The state Senate and Assembly’s one-house budgets threaten to undermine Hochul’s plans for bail reform and housing.
Policy
Policy
Senate budget proposal includes full Build Public Renewables Act
Gov. Hochul’s executive included a watered-down version of the bill, but the Senate is insisting on the full legislation.
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