Crime, high fuel prices and child care are among the big issues on the negotiating table as the Democrats who control New York state government try to hammer out a state budget deal.
A spate of headline-grabbing crimes and a rise in gun violence during the pandemic have prompted some lawmakers to push for changes to the state’s bail laws — including some that would partly roll back recent reforms intended to make the criminal justice system less unfair to the poor.
Those changes have the support of some law enforcement figures who claim the earlier bail reforms have made New Yorkers less safe. Hochul has proposed a $1.5 billion plan increasing it to up to 300% of the federal poverty level over three years, but the Legislature forwarded more expansive plans. State officials around the nation have been weighing tax breaks and rebates in recent weeks with pandemic-induced inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hiking prices at the pump.
Hochul said the new casinos would provide “substantial” revenue for state education aid through license fees and tax payments.The Assembly and Senate separately proposed adding at least $1 billion in funding to New York’s tapped-out Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which was created to help people who suffered economic setbacks in the pandemic.had originally received $2.4 billion in federal funding, with more funds coming later.
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