ALBANY — Senate Republicans announced their general state economic plans Monday, highlighting the need to reduce the cost of living for New Yorkers as hearings on the next state spending
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With the budget passed and solitary confinement restrictions signed into law, progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly have their sights set on their next criminal justice goal this session: Parole reform.
Incarcerated New Yorkers, lawmakers and advocates rallied Monday and Tuesday as part of National Second Chance Month pushing the Legislature to enact parole reform, which could lead to the release of hundreds of incarcerated people in the stateâs prison system, with the passage of two proposed bills this session: The Fair & Timely Parole Act and Elder Parole.
âToday, we stand here with our hearts repeatedly broken in the face of racism in America,â Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa, D-Manhattan, said Tuesday. â. We know the disparities in our failed parole system in New York keeps our communities incarcerated. We know that Black and brown people are disproportionately denied parole. Make no mistake: Life without parole is a sentence to death behind
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Kenny Crenshaw walks in the snow along the Empire State Plaza past the state Capitol on Feb. 13, 2014, in Albany. (AP photo â Mike Groll) ALBANY The state budget deadline came and went at midnight Thursday without a passed spending plan for New York’s 2021-22 Fiscal Year as negotiations continue to face challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic. Three of the state’s 10 traditional budget bills were dropped as of press time late Wednesday night. The Assembly submitted a $208.3 billion budget proposal up from $177 billion last year and slated nearly $6.7 billion in new tax increases, rising to $8.1 billion in 2022, including three income tax rate hikes.
ALBANY — Thousands of state employees could get their next paycheck late while Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders continue to debate tax increases for millionaires and billionaires in New