Family Tax Rebate Claimed by Hobbs Despite Initial Budget Opposition
Governor Katie Hobbs is taking credit for a $260 million family tax rebate, despite her initial reluctance to include it in the budget. Family Tax […]
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NYC Council easily approve $107B budget deal in 39-12 vote
[ad_1] The New York City Council passed the contentious $107 billion budget deal struck with Mayor Eric Adams on Friday with little fanfare, bringing an […]
Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget
[ad_1] Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed […]
Hochul went $4B over budget to get Bills stadium, bail tweaks
[ad_1] Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to boost her proposed budget by $4 billion in exchange for $600 million to help build a new Buffalo Bills […]
State budget won’t increase number of NYC charter schools
[ad_1] The $220 billion state budget will allow New York City to get new casinos, but state legislators refused to roll the dice on more […]
NY liquor stores can remain open on Christmas thanks to Hochul, Albany budget deal
[ad_1] Well here’s a bit of early holiday cheer. Tucked in the state’s bloated $220 billion budget deal reached by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany’s […]
Adams warns ‘more to be done’ on bail reform after budget deal
[ad_1] New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned fixes to New York’s controversial bail reform law and other criminal justice policies […]
Mayor Adams puts positive spin on bail reform in state budget
[ad_1] Mayor Eric Adams said that “cooler heads prevailed” in Albany on negotiating changes to progressive-pushed criminal justice policies enacted in 2019, as state lawmaker and […]
NY lawmakers fail to strike ‘top secret’ budget deal: critics
[ad_1] ALBANY — Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers failed to strike a budget deal on New York’s overdue 2023 fiscal plan Wednesday, with critics slamming […]
Hochul, NY pols close on big $220B budget – including Bills stadium funds
[ad_1] State lawmakers are poised to strike a budget deal that will add about $4 billion in additional spending to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s record $216 […]