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.
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?
Policy
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
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
Policy
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
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.
Opinion
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
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
Policy
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
Policy
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
Above & Beyond
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The 2023 Above & Beyond: Women
Recognizing 50 remarkable women who are improving New York.
Heard Around Town
Politics
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
Politics
New chief judge shortlist features three current Court of Appeals judges, no Latinos
Gov. Kathy Hochul must select a nominee to send to the state Legislature by the end of April.
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.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York must invest in training nursing assistants
We need to scale an equity-focused model to address New York’s senior care staffing crisis
Heard Around Town
Politics
Sixth time’s the charm?
With criminal charges against Donald Trump looming, lawmakers kick the former president while he’s down with a reignited push to remove his name from a state park.
Budget
Politics