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New York Lawmakers Want to Get Paid, Even if the Budget Is Late
The State Assembly leader says legislators should not be punished if a late budget is caused by policy disagreements ...
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie makes bombshell bid to reduce Gov. Hochul’s power in NY budget negotiations
State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is going to war with Gov. Kathy Hochul, pushing a bombshell bill Wednesday to curtail her ...
NYS Legislature passes a $2.4B extender as frustrations mount over late state budget
New York State Legislature passes a fourth extender, authorizing $2.4 billion to keep the government running as budget ...
NY lawmakers aren't paid if the state budget is late. A new bill would change that
The bill is the personification of the Legislature’s ire over what they view as a refusal to compromise from Hochul.
Progressive groups squeeze NY lawmakers over discovery law, involuntary commitments — holding up state budget
The budget impasse comes after lefty groups mounted a pressure campaign involving well-paid backroom lobbying in Albany and ...
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Capital Region lawmakers rue late New York State budget as talks continue
It has been more than a week since New York state lawmakers missed an April 1st deadline to reach an agreement on this year’s ...
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Visiting students called 'props,' kicked out of State Assembly chamber
Middle school students visiting the Assembly in Albany were ejected from the chamber after an accusation that they were being ...
Policy debate holds up New York State's budget
New York State's budget is late for the third year in a row. Once again, it has little to do with the dollars and cents that ...
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State Senate leader: Budget negotiations on ‘pause’
According to state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins ... Hochul is willing to wait as long as it takes for a deal that meets her wishes, even as New York needs to answer pressing fiscal ...
CrimsonRise, an advocate for non-speaking autistic individuals, honored by state Assembly
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — CrimsonRise, a Staten Island-based not-for-profit founded by and for non-speaking individuals with ...
New York State budget extender issued
The state budget deadline has come and gone. To keep state operations going and to pay employees, a $1.7 billion dollar ...
New York budget talks stalled over changes to pretrial laws
New York’s $252 billion state budget is being held up by Democratic infighting between Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative ...