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Gov. Hochul is proposing new stiffer penalties including making it a felony to assault a store employee. But Democrats in the Senate and Assembly are reluctant to increase criminal penalties. Neither house included the new criminal penalties in their budget plans.
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One of them is a bill that would extend the state’s ban on natural gas fracking. It's heading to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk after the State Legislature acted recently to prohibit using liquid carbon dioxide to extract the gas from shale rock.
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Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers concede that there’s no chance that they will meet the state budget deadline, which is the day after Easter. Last year, the budget was more than one month late.
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Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette Moy to temporarily oversee the process after numerous bureaucratic issues largely stalled the transition to adult recreational sales.
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Hochul, as part of a $45 million plan to combat retail theft, wants to raise criminal penalties for anyone who assaults a store employee.
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Some state lawmakers say no. They say it’s a failed experiment that’s costing the state too much money that could better go to directly paying for that care.
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The Assembly and Senate want to restore reductions to school aid, embark on an ambitious affordable housing program, and raise taxes on the rich.
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Karen DeWitt spoke with the Senate’s Housing Committee chair, who says the plan revives a mid 20th century affordable housing initiative and provides tax breaks for developers and some tenant protections.
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People with disabilities and elderly New Yorkers who use a self managed home care program known as consumer directed services are fighting proposed budget cuts by Governor Kathy Hochul.