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Apr 20, 2024 · New York Focus · April 20, 2024. On Saturday morning, state leaders printed the "big ugly" — the last of ten bills used to set this year's budget. | Maia Hibbett. The Division of the Budget staff were dressed in pink. Clustered around a pink chair in the New York State Capitol basement’s indispensable Dunkin’ Donuts, they giddily ...
Apr 22, 2024 · The Budget makes major investments and reforms to improve public safety, crack down on organized retail theft, combat the rising tide of hate crimes, prevent gun violence and domestic violence, and reduce recidivism and improve reentry for formerly incarcerated individuals across New York State. The FY 2025 Budget includes: $347 million to ...
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For the second time since passing sweeping bail reforms three years ago that forbade pretrial detention for a host of criminal charges, state lawmakers agreed to allow judges to set bail in more cases. This time, judges would be permitted to set bail on some repeat offenders, in gun cases involving as few as three firearms (down from 10) or for vio...
New Yorkers will once again be allowed to get alcoholic drinks to-go, restoring a pandemic-era measure for the next three years that’s been popular among consumers but has been a point of contention for liquor store ownerswho have argued that the measure hurts their bottom line. Under the agreement, restaurants would be prohibited from selling full...
State lawmakers also agreed to $7 billion in funding for child care over the next four years through subsidies, more than double the current amount, Hochul said. The Buffalo native said she was “proud as a mother who had to leave a job because I could not find child care many years ago” to make the announcement. But not everyone will have access to...
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Apr 21, 2024 · NEW YORK -- New York lawmakers approved a $237 billion state budget Saturday. In a series of posts on X, Gov. Kathy Hochul highlighted parts of the budget, adding, "We got all of this done without ...
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Apr 21, 2024 · On Saturday, the Capitol saw a more typical event: the passage of a late state budget. The $237 billion budget includes $2.4 billion to address the ongoing migrant crisis and hundreds of millions ...
Hochul announced the “handshake deal” Monday night at the state Capitol. The agreement comes 15 days after lawmakers missed the April 1 deadline to pass a budget for 2024-25. Lawmakers have ...
Governor Hochul's FY 2024 Budget reflects New York's steady finances, even as global economic trends send mixed signals. The Budget is balanced, and deposits to reserves that had been planned for FY 2024 and FY 2025 will be completed by the end of the current year — two years ahead of schedule — for a total of $19.5 billion secured for a ...
