Legislators Wrote a Bill in 2023 to Address the Housing Crisis — But Never Got to Vote on It
A newly discovered 80-page housing package would have included good cause eviction, but legislators were dissuaded by Kathy Hochul’s opposition.
“I woke up at like 4:30 in the morning, and I checked, and there was no bill. And I was like, ‘Oh no, something has gone wrong.’”
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.
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.
A quarter of lawmakers in Albany are landlords. Almost none of them are covered by the most significant tenant protection law in years.
As real estate developers resist wage guarantees and try to roll back tenants’ rights, a potential budget deal is at an impasse.