New York State
Heard Around Town
Activists went full throttle in the Capitol’s War Room this week
Arrests, profanity, furniture removal. The War Room has seen it all.
Opinion
Opinion: We need a $21.25 minimum wage
Hochul’s proposal isn’t enough, a UPS package handler argues, the Raise the Wage Act is better.
Heard Around Town
Addiction-focused health commissioner still needs to talk to Hochul about overdoses
Acting Health Commissioner James McDonald is poised to take over permanently and has a history in overseeing controversial supervised injection sites.
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.
Politics
Trump indicted in Manhattan
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict the former president for charges related to a hush money payment to a porn star.
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.
Policy
Rank-and-file Assembly Dems insist bail changes will not be tolerated in budget talks
After news broke Wednesday that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie could be open to removing the “least restrictive means” language from the law, his conference expressed confidence that their leader won’t cave on bail reform.
Budget
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
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?
Policy
Dueling approaches on the impact of charter schools
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed lifting the regional charter school cap. The dueling rallies – led by prominent Black leaders – offered a look into the intraparty divide over charter schools as both sides argued its impact.
Opinion
Opinion: Modernizing Belmont Park is a smart wager for New York Labor
The New York Racing Association has pledged to use union labor to build the new park
Heard Around Town
Unions join chorus of ‘good cause’ backers
Over a dozen labor groups are calling on state leaders to include the tenant protections in the budget.
Politics
Hochul could pick two Court of Appeals judges from current shortlist
That means neither the new chief judge nor the new associate judge would be Latino.
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Opinion
Opinion: Safety means investments, not oppression
The governor’s proposal to weaken bail reform will harm our communities. We can’t accept it.
Heard Around Town
Adams: funding for migrants is top priority in Albany
The New York City Mayor visited the Capitol monday to lobby for his budget asks
Policy
Ahead of the final budget deadline, the push to tax the wealthy heats up
Lawmakers and advocates denounced the governor’s proposals for increased payroll mobility tax and tuition hikes – instead calling for more taxes for the wealthiest New Yorkers.
Politics
Hochul refuses to budge on bail in closed-door talks
The governor’s insistence on coming to an agreement on bail reform rollbacks before discussing the rest of the budget briefly derailed negotiations over the weekend
Power List
The 2023 Above & Beyond: Women
Recognizing 50 remarkable women who are improving New York.
Heard Around Town
Senate Judiciary chair: Rowan Wilson or Shirley Troutman could be chief judge
If Gov. Hochul nominates either of the two Court of Appeals associate judges to be chief judge, they will likely have a smooth path to state Senate confirmation.
Politics
