NY lawmakers approved a reparations commission, new school holidays and the Clean Slate Act, but will leave Albany without any significant plan to address housing.
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Based on that history, the commission would then be tasked with recommending remedies to the Legislature, including possible compensation and criteria for determining who is eligible. Hochul says she supports Clean Slate in concept, though she hasn’t yet said whether she backs the version passed by state lawmakers.Lawmakers passed two bills creating new school holidays.
In the final week of session, lawmakers passed a series of changes they characterized as small, technical fixes that will strengthen the program. The bill passed the state Senate and the governor supported the measure. But it never got a vote in the Assembly, with some members grumbling privately that it would result in more drivers getting ticketed, according to Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal.
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