Here’s Your Guide to the 2023 State Budget Fight
We added up the governor and the legislature’s joint priorities and broke down their major divisions. The splits will define the year’s big legislative battles.
A version of good cause eviction and new hate crimes are in; new taxes on the wealthy and education cuts are out. Here’s where things landed in this year’s budget.
The Assembly rejected legislation that would have sped up New York’s transition away from gas.
Low-wage manual laborers can sue to make their bosses pay them weekly. Hochul’s late-breaking budget addition may undermine that right.
It’s the first step New York has taken to address its housing shortage in years — but tenant groups are fuming and real estate wants more.
New York has one of the weakest consumer protection laws in the country. This year’s state budget may change that.
Hochul’s proposed Medicaid cuts include $125 million from Health Homes, a program that connects the neediest New Yorkers with medical care, food assistance, and more.