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What did Eric Adams get in the state budget?
Some bail changes and an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit are in the budget. Mayoral control and an increased borrowing authority are not.
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What’s in or out of the 2022 state budget?
Albany Democrats are getting ready to vote on their final budget bills.
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Winners & Losers of the 2022 state budget
The new spending plan brought defeats and victories. Here’s where everyone landed.
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The (late) 2022 state budget by the numbers
Here is what sticks out in the $220 billion spending plan announced by Albany Democrats.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul announces new state budget deal a week late
The $220 billion deal includes several wins for Gov. Kathy Hochul in her first budget season as governor.
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In closed door deal on child care, undocumented New York children are left out
The $5 billion child care expansion proposed in the state budget is historic, but the possible exclusion is a setback for the political left.
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Bills stadium opponents are blitzing legislative overtime
Advocacy groups and elected officials are pushing legislators to keep $600 million in state support out of a final state budget despite efforts by Gov. Kathy Hochul to move the deal forward.
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The consequences of a late New York state budget
New York lawmakers are unlikely to pass the Fiscal Year 2023 spending plan before their Thursday midnight deadline.
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With time running out, progressives turn to activist tactics on the NY state budget
Sleeping in the Capitol for immigrant health care, going on a hunger strike to protect bail reform, blocking escalators calling for affordable housing: Progressives are trying it all.
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Hochul prepares for the post-budget tango
Unlike her predecessor, Gov. Kathy Hochul has left the door open to passing items from her agenda outside the budget.
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To-go cocktails apparently spiked in budget process
Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is willing to wait on legalizing to-go alcohol sales following opposition from state lawmakers.
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What Albany Democrats want from Kathy Hochul in the new state budget
One-house budget resolutions highlight legislators’ demands for more social spending ahead of the April 1 budget deadline.
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Eric Adams calls for bail reform rollbacks at virtual state budget hearing
The New York City mayor is leaning on Albany Democrats who might be able to sway legislative leaders to back his more moderate public safety agenda in the upcoming state budget.
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What does Hochul’s budget do for New York City?
The governor’s first proposed budget would extend mayoral control of New York City schools for four years.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes $216.3 billion state budget
The unexpected incumbent is offering fiscal details on the policy plans included in her State of the State address.
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The New York executive budget by the numbers
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed the largest state spending plan in history in her first budget proposal.
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Eric Adams wants to cut spending. Here’s how he might do it.
Experts weigh in on the new mayor’s aim to cut the city government’s spending by 3%.
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With an X-factor in Hochul, Albany faces some new math
The governor has several carrots – and sticks – to offer in the annual budget talks with the Legislature.
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Police funding returns as issue in NYC budget
The mayor doesn’t propose more cuts to the NYPD, but police reform activists still want them.
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