new york state senate
Lefty Manhattan pols back rent control fo♑r the rich — under false pretense of helping middle class
🃏 A bill being pushed by Manhattan state Sen. Liz Krueger and Assem📖blywoman Linda Rosenthal offers rent control for the rich -- under the pretense of protecting middle-class New Yorkers.
Proposed law would limit massive rent hike at Billionaire's Row Co-Op, other buildings
🧜 A proposed state law seeks to prevent skyrocketing rental costs for 25,000 co-op apartment dwellers who live in buildings with ground🍸 leases.
NYC pol says law allowing rape suit against 🧸him was unconstitutional — despite voting for the legislation
A Brooklyn state senator claims the law allowing a rape lawsuit against him to move forward was unconstitutional — even th🐈ough he actually voted for the legislation and then bragged...
The EmPIRE Act would๊ kill NY small businesses
🎶 We're plenty worried about crime in general, bꦚut we don't argue for legalizing vigilantes.
NY pols take aim a🤪t squatters with ‘crystal clear’ laws favoring homeowners after series of 🅷takeovers
New York lawmakersꦜ on both sides of the aisle have introduced a fluꩵrry of legislation taking aim at the issue of squatters plaguing law-abiding homeowners all over the state.
NYC GOP energized by record number of Asian-Ame💞rican candidates ‘stepping up’ for statehouse r🎃uns
More Asian-American voters in Newꦦ York City have voted Republican in recent years -- and now a record number are taking matters into their own hands by running as GOP...
Don't force NY's small towns to sell booze
State Sen. James Skoufis has proposed a bill that would 🍌strike down a 1934 law that allowed towns to decide for themselves whether to sell alcohol after prohibition was lifted.
Albany lawmakers inch close💟r to landmark housing package -- and nobody loves it
State legislative negotiators appear to have reached a preliminary agreement on what would be a landmark housing plan to grow the number of Big Apple homes and apartmen❀ts.
Some NY state lawmakers skip town to catch so🎐lar eclipse as late budget negotiations drag on
Some New York state legislators skipped town Monday to watch the solar ♓eclipse -- even as negotiations on the already-late budget continue to drag on.
Councilman Francisco Moya backs Steve Cohen's $8 billion casino plan
Councilman Francisco Moya endorsed Mets owner Steve Cohen's plan to build an $8 bil♏lion casino complex next to Citi Field — but state Sen. Jessica Ramos, who can make or...
NY Republicans betray taxpayers in favor 🎐of pricey union pensio��ns
While New Yorkers were preparing for Easter by dyeing eggs an🦩d baking pies,൩ state Senate Republicans observed Holy Thursday by playing Judas to state taxpayers.
Teari♏ng down pro-Israel flyers would become a crim🐠e in NY under GOP proposal to combat antisemitism
Republicans in the state Senate unveiled a legislative package Wednesday to crack down on antisemitism, calling the fight against Jew hatre🥃d the civil rights issue of the 21st 🔯century.
NY Democrats suck up to Big Labor with 🦩another pricey pension perk
Public employees in New York enjoy generous guaranteed retirement benefits, yet their unions are demanding a tweak to pension calculations that would wind up socking gove🍸rnment budgets.
NY pols push to pad teacher, cop, gov't worker pensions -- and sock taxpayers with whopping $4B bill
The proposed change would instantly hit New York City taxpayers with $163 million in added annual pension cost🐎s, according to the Empir🅰e Center for Public Policy.
NY reparations panel members should resign over 'disturbing' antisemitic and anti-police views: GOP pols
Republicans in the 𝔍state Senate demanded the resignation of 2 appointees to a new commission considering paying reparations for maki♍ng biased remarks themselves.
NYC pols urge Albany to OK tax break for 'green' mandate that could cost co-op, condo owners $20K
As the Big Apple's already-financially-pressed residents flood members with complaints about how much more the r♐egs will cost them, local pols are turning to Albany for help, seeking their approval...
☂ Albany Democrats propose an 🐠absolutely ridiculous budget
In th🧸eir annual one-house budget resolutions, Democratic majorities in the state Assembly and Senate laid out their negotiating position for this year’s budget deal with Gov. Hochul
Landlords whose families fled communism rip NY Dems over housing legislatioꦜn they say would m♛ake Mao proud
Landlords whose families fled countries run by Communist regimes tore into New York🍸 Democrats for backing housing legislation they say would make Mao proud.
Lawmakers' drunken-sailor spending spree is sure to bankrupt New York
The bills came in response to Gov. Hochul’s spending scheme and upp♒ed heꦡr $233 billion bottom line by a jaw-dropping $13 billion.
♐ Assembly Dems resist crack💜down on illegal pot shops in budget
Democrats in the state Assembly are resisting a proposal to make it easie෴r to padlock hundreds of unlicensed pot shops during state budget negotiations.