State Bill Seeks to Alter Environmental Review So it Doesn’t Only Care About Drivers
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Shouldn't environmental review take into account the effect of cars on the environment rather than the other way around?
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Speaker Adams Still Won’t Come Out in Support of Sammy’s Law
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-Williamsburg) introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling on the state legislature to pass Sammy’s Law — a resolution that is a first step in securing the required “home rule” message to be sent to Albany legislators.
State Senator Seeks Online Delivery Charge to Fund City Infrastructure
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New Yorkers who shop online would pay 25 cents per package under a new proposal in Albany to raise $226 million annually for city infrastruture.
Tuesday Headlines: Albany Budget Battle Edition
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The legislative elves of Albany have been busy putting together their responses to Gov. Hochul's proposed budget, a treasured step in the yearly budget dance. On Monday night, we finally learned some details.
Independent Budget Office: Fare-Free Buses Would Cost $652M
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The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.
Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move
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Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.