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The governor’s team coordinated meetings between her failed chief judge nominee and Senate Republicans in the days before a key committee vote, emails show.
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While the governor awaits guidance from the federal government, thousands of undocumented New Yorkers can’t afford to go to the doctor.
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At Belmont Park’s opening day, local brass celebrated a windfall of state cash. Hardly any fans showed up.
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New York tied its minimum wage to inflation — but exceptions in Governor Hochul’s plan will likely cancel wage increases in many years.
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“It’s done. It’s not happening,” an Assembly source told New York Focus. Lawmakers are poised to reject measures to boost housing supply and protect renters.
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The confirmations of Rowan Wilson and Caitlin Halligan may reverse the Court of Appeals’ rightward trend.
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Democratic Assembly leaders refused to entertain the governor’s primary tactic to achieve housing growth and affordability.
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As the governor negotiates the state budget with a legislature that rejected her last chief judge pick, she has selected a sitting liberal to lead the Court of Appeals.
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As Westchester Democrats weigh whether to endorse the former Republican, the party chair calls his critics a “lynch mob.”
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Hochul has a month to nominate one of the seven candidates to be New York’s next chief judge, after the state Senate rejected her first pick last month.
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Mayors said they aren’t interested in state grants to expand housing. “You can’t dig a hole in the ground for that kind of money,” one told New York Focus.
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The legislature signed on to Hochul’s goal of 800,000 new homes. But they aren’t confident their plan can get there.
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Dozens of horses die at the Long Island track each year. Governor Hochul — and now the state legislature — want to give it a state-funded renovation.
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A conversation with consultant Shuprotim Bhaumik, whose firm wrote a study arguing that New York state can revitalize the failing horse racing industry by funding a $455 million track renovation.
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Hochul says it “goes without saying” that a taxpayer-funded track renovation will bring jobs and boost attendance. Her proof: an industry-commissioned study that she refuses to release.
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The surprise vote was a stinging rebuke to Governor Kathy Hochul, who pushed aggressively for LaSalle’s confirmation.
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The move will leave tens of thousands of undocumented New Yorkers uninsured.
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New York’s biggest racetracks have been declining for decades. They’ll likely need more state subsidies to cover their debts.
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The governor’s proposal for “transit-oriented development” has so far gotten a mixed reception from suburban legislators, who killed a similar plan last year.
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Governor Kathy Hochul’s embattled pick faces steep odds in the legislature — if Senate leaders choose to bring his nomination to a floor vote. Follow along for updates on his Judiciary Committee hearing.