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Heastie warns state may need to raise taxes to fund MTA
The Assembly speaker said the state needs to figure out new sources of revenue to fund mass transit, especially given the ...
Stop the spiel — no more dealing on Albany pay
The GOP should stop trying to void a $35,000 limit on outside income, a reasonable sum for the nation's highest-paid state ...
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NY Speaker announces State 2025-26 fiscal budget proposal
Speaker Heastie’s NY 2025-26 budget proposal includes: Issuing of inflation refund checks. Officials said single earners with an income below $150,000 would receive $300 and those filing jointly with ...
Ruling in favor of outside income limits could affect 38 NYS legislators
A court decision upholds a cap on outside income for New York legislators, which could affect nearly 18% of the State ...
Albany Dems reject Gov. Hochul’s plan to tackle NYC’s mental health crisis
In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...
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NY reparations commission holds Rochester hearing on slavery’s impact
the speaker of the Assembly, and the minority leaders of the Senate and Assembly in July 2024. “We are really proud that New York state is only the second state to establish a statewide effort ...
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State leaders say they can’t do much to oppose Trump policies
Under the Trump Administration, New York has ... odds of passing the state Legislature. There’s also little ability for the Legislature to react to the Trump administration’s threatened cuts to ...
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NYPD commish Jessica Tisch has ‘very direct’ meeting with soft-on-crime Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday she recently had a “very direct” meeting with notoriously soft-on-crime Assembly ... in New York City, largely because of certain New York state ...