ALBANY — The public safety portion of Gov. Kathleen Hochul’s proposed budget includes increasing money for prosecutors, boosting gun violence prevention programs and once again amending the state’s bail laws.
NY lawmakers extend Covid eviction moratorium through August
Updated May 04, 2021;
By Denis Slattery | New York Daily News
Albany, N.Y. New York lawmakers approved legislation Monday extending the state’s COVID eviction moratorium through the end of August.
The extension will cover residential and commercial tenants facing financial trouble due to the pandemic, and gives the state time to work out the details of a rent relief program baked into this year’s budget using $2.3 billion in federal emergency funding.
The measure continues a temporary stop on evictions and some foreclosures for renters and landlords who can attest that financial hardship due to the pandemic has prevented them from paying rent or mortgage.
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NY Democrats propose new taxes on wealthy; likely to pass legal marijuana bill
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2020 file photo, New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins addresses the media at the state Capitol in Albany. Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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Denis Slattery, New York Daily News (TNS)
ALBANY Democrats in the state Legislature put forth their budget wish lists Monday, countering some of Gov. Cuomo’s fiscal plans and indicating legal weed could become a reality soon than expected in the Empire State.
The one-house resolutions, which include billions in new taxes on the wealthy as well as mobile sports betting measures and increases in health care and school spending, will kick fiscal negotiations into high gear with less than three weeks to go until the April 1 deadline and the governor remains embroiled in multiple scandals.
Republicans disappointed in Democrat plans to rein in Cuomo powers
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
New York Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, R-Pulaski, speaks to reporters in Albany in January.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Denis Slattery | New York Daily News
Albany, N.Y. Republicans are calling on their counterparts across the aisle to hold Gov. Cuomo to fully rescind the governor’s sweeping COVID executive authority.
GOP lawmakers gathered at the State Capitol on Monday to call on Democrats to revoke, not just limit, Cuomo’s powers as the governor faces growing outcry over the state’s handling of nursing home deaths during the pandemic.