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Top NY Dem waves off overdue state budget as business as usual under Hochul: "It's built into people's expectations'
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (513+ words) ALBANY " They're in no rush. A top New York Democrat on Tuesday shrugged off the overdue state budget as business as usual under Gov. Kathy Hochul, saying it's "built into people's expectations" by now. State Sen. Michael Gianaris, the No....
Double Trouble: Albany Man Arrested Twice In One Day Lands Lengthy Prison Term For Robbery
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (343+ words) A New York man who was arrested twice on the same day and took on trial without a lawyer landed a hefty prison sentence, authorities announced Monday, April 6. Brian Briggs, a 33-year-old Albany man, was handed a 24-year prison term…...
NY state budget will be more than a week late " at least " as Albany Dems set to pass another extension
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (417+ words) ALBANY " The state budget isn't budging. State Senate and Assembly lawmakers were set to return to Albany Tuesday to pass another stopgap spending measure, indicating New York's budget will likely be more than a week late " at least. Gov. Kathy…...
Kathy Hochul's sleazy deal with the unions will make New York LESS affordable
1+ week, 1+ day ago (425+ words) In Albany, the "fix" is in " and New Yorkers are about to get screwed once again. This time, it'll cost them about $1. 5 billion a year, and it'll be thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul's cave-in to the public-sector unions, even as…...
Mamdani inserts leftist researcher into historically non-partisan budget office
1+ week, 2+ day ago (762+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hired a fellow comrade from a lefty think tank for the city's budget office " inserting the true believer into the historically non-partisan office of "bean counters" with a newly minted role to push the young lawmaker's…...
Lafayette council, board of works approve Hanna Center demolition
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (338+ words) LAFAYETTE, IN " Demolition of the former Hanna Center is set to begin any day, after the Lafayette City Council and the Board of Public works gave final approval for razing of the building. The Lafayette Board of Public Works approved…...
Northern California horse racing suffers final blow as Golden Gate Fields is sold
1+ week, 4+ day ago (551+ words) The fleeting hopes by Northern California horsemen that as long as Golden Gate Fields was still standing, racing, even if only as a simulcast or gaming facility, could one day return to Northern California, were dashed on Monday when The…...
NY assembly to get million-dollar lounge "while demanding huge tax hikes on hardworking New Yorkers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (402+ words) ALBANY " State assembly members are set to personally enjoy a million-dollar renovation for their lounge space just off the chamber floor " even as they push to hike taxes on businesses while driving up spending, The Post has learned. The Office…...
The high cost of Olympia's hidden utility tax | Opinion
1+ week, 2+ day ago (388+ words) In this environment, every policy coming out of Olympia should be able to pass a simple, rigorous test: Can Washington families afford it? This year, we proved that common-sense solutions can still prevail. On March 18, Gov. Ferguson signed my proposal,…...
Hochul in talks to make fat pork union deal that could lower retirement age for teachers to 55 " as part of staggering $1. 5 B plan
1+ week, 2+ day ago (756+ words) ALBANY" Gov. Kathy Hochul is weighing a possible deal with a top union to allow public workers from teachers to nurses hired after 2012 to retire at 55 " part of a proposal that would cost taxpayers a whopping $1. 5 billion, sources said. The…...