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Opinion: What would Hugh do?
A few things Gov. Kathy Hochul can learn from the state’s 51st governor as she navigates the challenges of budget season.
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Opinion
Opinion: Don’t give up on public campaign financing
A small-dollar public campaign finance system can help prevent the kind of political corruption I investigated a decade ago.
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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.
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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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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.
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Politics
Labor weighs in on bail, ‘good cause,’ health care in New York budget
From “good cause” to bail reform rollbacks, unions are making their voices heard.
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!
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Politics
NY bills specifically targeted at Donald Trump
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal has been prolific in this field.
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Politics
The confusing names behind New York lobbying efforts
What they actually do might be different from what it sounds like they do.
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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.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why New York deserves a reproductive healthcare services training and education grant program
Including $6 to 8 million in the final state budget for such an effort will ensure that medical interns and residents are properly trained in medical and surgical abortion procedures.
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Activists went full throttle in the Capitol’s War Room this week
Arrests, profanity, furniture removal. The War Room has seen it all.
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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
Personality
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.
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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
Breaking News
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
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
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.
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