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Hochul is pushing an array of financial incentives to tackle the state’s housing crisis. But will they make a dent?
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Our team will be descending upon Albany on Tuesday. Here’s what they’ll be watching.
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The governor also wants to make some community college programs free. But she didn’t touch the thorniest issue: the school funding formula.
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Among her many health-related proposals, the governor wants to rein in drug prices — possibly by importing them from Canada.
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After years of targeting bail, the governor is proposing changes to New York’s 2019 discovery reform law.
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It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key parts of her agenda.
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The change was among a handful of eleventh-hour tweaks to Hochul’s policy briefing book.
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Hochul says she has a plan to make New York affordable, through tax cuts and payments to families.