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The powerful panel that sets housing costs in about 1 million rent-regulated apartments in New York City voted Tuesday night to approve the largest increases in almost a decade: 5% for two-year leases and 3.3% for single-year leases. ....
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a moderate Democrat, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) who’s further to the left of him, are arguably the city’s highest-profile politicians, and it’s now clear they’re at odds with one another in a very public way. ....
Paladino tweeted that any schools in her Council district participating in the program which she labeled “drag queen degeneracy” would risk losing their funding. ....
The record $101.1 billion budget was passed in a 44-6 vote shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday. All six nay votes were cast by progressive Democratic members who lamented what they characterized as the budget’s bloated police spending and lacking investment in housing, education and social programs. ....
Two key members of the Council, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Criminal Justice Committee Chair Carlina Rivera, suggested the mayor's latest budget draft would put forward too much money on law enforcement and too little on housing. ....