Posted inFAQ NYC
LISTEN: Budget Breakdown — Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
Funding cuts to libraries, Albany issues and Knicks and Nets, with special guest co-host Ben Max.
Albany
Posted inCriminal Justice
Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks
A raft of proposals that progressive and anti-incarceration activists have been pushing for will likely have to wait until next year.
Posted inSports
Madison Square Garden a Contender for Biggest Sports Tax Break, Budget Office Finds
While Yankees and Mets help pay back state-issued bonds, the arena home to the Knicks and Rangers gives “nothing, zero, bupkis” says lawmaker who’s pressing to end MSG’s $42-million-a year benefit.
Posted inHousing
Chinese Landlords Say ‘Good Cause’ Eviction Would Ruin Them — and That Democrats Don’t Get It
In NYC, where a majority of Chinese households own a home, landlord protests have ignited on WeChat and the courthouse steps.
Posted inSports
Queens Assemblyman Lobs Bill to Help Mets Owner’s Casino Swing
Legislation introduced Wednesday by Jeff Aubry would allow building on the Citi Field parking lot, which is owned by the City of New York, but regulated by the state.
Posted inPublic Housing
NYCHA Rent Bailout Proposed for State Budget, With $466 Million Owed
Albany lawmakers look to open the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to public housing statewide, as NYC’s ailing housing authority raids savings and halts repairs.
Posted inBrooklyn
Before Sex Abuse Arrest, Brooklyn Lawmaker’s Aide Received Nearly $200,000 in State Payments to His Company
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is investigating 82 disbursements to a company founded by former Bensonhurst Assemblymember Peter Abbate’s statehouse staffer.
Posted inCrime
Ex-Albany Aide With Biker Gang Ties Escapes Felony Sex Abuse Charge
Joseph Brady, legislative director for former Brooklyn Assemblymember Peter Abbate, still faces multiple misdemeanor counts in alleged upstate assault
Posted inClimate Change
Albany Lawmakers Plot Climate Priorities and Ways to Find Green
Finally armed with a roap for how to achieve the environmental mandates outlined by a sweeping new state law, it’s now up to legislators to advance those policies.
Posted inAlbany
State Senate Committee Rejects Hector LaSalle for NY Chief Judge
The judiciary committee voted Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee down 10 to 9. Senate Democrats say his candidacy is dead, but Hochul says the full Senate needs to vote.