Hochul Shelved Undisclosed Plans for Housing Tax Break After Union Outcry
Kathy Hochul proposed an executive order to extend the controversial 421-a tax break. Labor unions shot it down.
“It would be very helpful, but only for the existing projects, which are a drop in the bucket compared to the scale of the housing crisis.”
“Our union will not support any extension of 421-a unless it is updated to include reasonable labor standards.”
The governor promised to fill the chronically understaffed Board of Parole. Nearly half of her nominations have ended in disaster.
Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.
New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.
A newly discovered 80-page housing package would have included good cause eviction, but legislators were dissuaded by Kathy Hochul’s opposition.
For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.
Advocates charge that New York’s restrictions for sex offense registrants are “vague, expansive, and unnecessary.” On Tuesday, they filed a federal lawsuit to strike them down.