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This Week In New York In the News-New York State NYS Budget Negotiations: Where Are We? Why Are We Here? On this past Thursday, the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly each passed “one-house budget bills”.   The bills are the negotiating response of each legislative body to the budget proposal forwarded […] Read More

In the News-New York State State Comptroller Issues Report on Executive Budget As the Senate and Assembly put together their respective one-house FY24 budget proposals, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued his Executive Budget review highlighting the hurdles New York faces in maintaining economic growth and stability.   Despite the state’s post-pandemic economic recovery, New York […] Read More

As the State moves closer to the April 1^st start of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie are readying for the upcoming negotiations. Read More

Labor leaders representing over half a million workers in New York called upon the State’s Legislative Leaders to not only protect working families against the climate crisis, but to invest in workers themselves. Read More

In the News-New York State Economic Concerns Muddy Governor Hochul’s $7 Billion Penn Station Vision Developer Continues to Cite Interest Rates & Worker Return Impacting Construction Studies Show Billions Lost in Worker Local Spending Pressured by tight interest rates and a decline in onsite workers, the developer helping Governor Kathy Hochul to realize her $7 […] Read More