Unemployed New Yorkers are receiving surprise tax bills. Republican legislators joined with progressive Democrats to move to waive taxes on benefits, following the lead of most other states and the federal government.
Can New York meet its emissions goals if it green-lights more fossil fuel infrastructure? A proposal to rebuild a fracked-gas plant will set the precedent.
A Finger Lakes power plant plans to ramp up energy-intensive Bitcoin mining. If the state allows it to proceed, environmentalists warn dozens of fossil-fueled plants could follow.
The major provisions of New York’s 2021 budget.
“A year from now, this money will still be in the hands of Governor Cuomo, unused - and that’s exactly what he wants.”
State lawmakers and workers’ rights advocates warned that burdensome proof-of-employment requirements may mean the funds go unspent.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing to impose stringent requirements, according to lawmakers and tenant advocates, that could delay and decrease aid.
He committed three years ago to supporting safe injection sites for drug users — then reversed course, activists say. Now, they see a new chance to pressure the embattled governor.
A 2011 rule prevents New York from adequately funding Medicaid, advocates say. This year’s budget could see it repealed.
The legislature is pushing for a statewide rental assistance program that advocates say would be one the largest efforts to combat homelessness in recent memory.
Buildings may be New York’s top source of emissions. The state should follow the city’s lead in cleaning them up.
In 2019, Broome County promised an addiction treatment program in its jail. Two years later, the program is a “farce,” one advocate said.
Advocates are pushing the legislature to extend and strengthen a moratorium on water shutoffs set to expire at the end of the month.
Tax-the-rich advocates critiqued the figure as too low, and also said the Assembly is significantly behind the Senate on key progressive spending priorities.
Flaws in an updated website make it extremely difficult to track who is funding campaigns, journalists and watchdogs say, but the BOE insists that “the site is fully functioning.”
“People in prison deserve healthcare, and this is healthcare.” Legislators push to offer treatment for drug addiction in jails and prisons
With the state ethics commission widely seen as controlled by the governor, legislators are looking for other ways to investigate the allegations.
A new analysis finds that the governor’s proposal would “completely undermine” New York City’s climate law, setting the stage for a clash with the newly emboldened legislature.
State withholds have left harm reduction providers undersupplied, and informal overdose prevention networks are struggling to fill the gap.
Three candidates in the June election say they would not join the association of state DAs, which has fought measures such as bail reform.