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The bill determines how money generated from the program will be spent but fails to include protective measures for disadvantaged communities, environmentalists warn.

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

With six weeks left until the end of the legislative session, Hochul is already looking ahead, insisting that she will work with Senate and Assembly leaders to address New York’s…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Gov. Hochul’s plan to ramp up construction across the state has emerged as a sticking point in delayed budget talks—making now the time, some lawmakers say, to push for the…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Apr 2023

Climate and Environment Government In Depth Politics

Bill to Alter NY’s Climate Law Includes 11th-Hour Bid to Keep State’s Last Biomass Power Plant Open

Lawmakers are trying to keep the Black River power plant at Fort Drum from closing by changing the state’s definition of renewable energy to include the burning of wood, known…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Education Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York’s Budget Needs to Boost Wages for Childcare Workers

“In New York, poverty wages and lack of healthcare access reduce the availability of child care for families and lead to high turnover, destabilizing the lives of young children when…

ByLaDon Love

ByJasmine Gripper 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Climate and Environment Economy Government Politics Transportation

New York Considers First-in-the-Nation Bill to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Change Destruction

Known as the Climate Change Super Fund, the legislation was included in the Senate’s one-house budget proposal, but didn’t make it into the Assembly’s proposition. Lawmakers are pushing for the…

ByMariana Simões 5Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Helping Asylum Seekers in New York’s Immigration Courts

“For many asylum seekers like me, the United States is a beacon of hope, providing refuge and safety from the violence many of us experience at home. Yet the sense…

ByPriscilla Hernandez*0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

A new data tool by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University breaks down a trove of housing-related data for each of the state’s Senate and Assembly…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

In a budget resolution unveiled last week, the State Senate earmarked $389 million for public housing and Section 8 tenants statewide who applied for, but were left out from, New York’s …

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

NY Budget Lays Groundwork for Cap-and-Invest Plan to Charge Polluters, But Details Are Lacking

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Bill to Alter NY’s Climate Law Includes 11th-Hour Bid to Keep State’s Last Biomass Power Plant Open

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

Opinion: New York’s Budget Needs to Boost Wages for Childcare Workers

New York Considers First-in-the-Nation Bill to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Change Destruction

Opinion: Helping Asylum Seekers in New York’s Immigration Courts

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

State Lawmakers Pitch Budget Funds to Help NYCHA with Mounting Rent Debt

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