Albany lawmakers skip town to catch Monday’s eclipse
ALBANY – Some New York state lawmakers slipped out of town Monday to watch the solar eclipse, even as negotiations over an already delayed budget drag on. While members of Congress spent much of the day vacationing, heading back to their districts to observe celestial phenomena, about a dozen state senators were busy working on […]
Licensed NYC cannabis operators urge Albany to smoke out illegal weed peddlers
They want to smoke them out. More than 100 owners and supporters of New York City’s licensed cannabis industry say Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is putting padlocks on illegal pot peddlers who make a living and stopping new pot peddlers. asked the state Legislature to approve strict laws to make it easier. They said their […]
NYC Mayor Eric Adams renews calls for Albany to address recidivism
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday renewed calls for the city of Albany to crack down on rampant recidivism following two horrific acts of violence that left an NYPD officer and an innocent subway rider dead. The Adams administration has touted the state’s revolving-door criminal justice system as one of the major unsolved problems, along with […]
NYC pols urge Albany to OK tax break for ‘green’ mandate that could cost co-op, condo owners $20K
New York City Council members, feeling the ire of thousands of co-op and condominium owners, are pushing the state to approve tax breaks over new “green” mandates that could cost more than $20,000 per unit. I’m asking the police. In fact, in 2019, the City Council approved the Climate Change Emissions Act, which requires residential […]
Albany Dems want to scrap Hochul’s proposed education cuts, raise taxes on high earners
Democrats in the state Legislature want to reverse Gov. Kathy Hochul’s education funding cuts and accept part of a deal to encourage more housing as part of state budget negotiations. The state Senate’s sweeping budget proposal, released late Monday night, would be funded by higher taxes on New Yorkers’ earnings of $5 million or more […]
With families struggling to get their kids a good education, Albany must put raising the charter-school cap on its agenda
The state Legislature is currently underway, with Albany lawmakers saying they would delay raising the charter cap and instead focus on rent assistance for charter schools. While this issue is important, New York City students now desperately need more charter schools. Ignoring the issue of charter school caps is a dereliction of our duty to […]