A day after the governor expressed hope that a spending plan could be finalized by the end of the week as she and legislative leaders focus on charter schools and cracking down on illegal cannabis sales, some of her fellow Dems panned a plan to raise New York’s minimum wage to $17 an hour downstate by 2026, and upstate by 2028.
The governor said Tuesday that she sees a deal on the horizon despite discussions continuing on cracking down on illegal cannabis sales and her plan to allow more charter schools to open in the city.
As a fifth stopgap measure was passed Monday, progress was being made on a number of fronts after the Democratic governor appeared to pull back on some of her top policy priorities.
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, elevated to the state’s top judicial post last week after Gov. Hochul’s initial pick was rejected by Senate Democrats earlier this year, will now oversee and set the tone for the state’s sprawling court system.