Albany

Senate Majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Gov. Kathy Hochul at g of legislative package to protect abortion rights, June 30, 2022.

Albany

N.Y. Equal Rights Amendment Thrown Off November Ballot by Upstate Judge

May 7, 2024, 1:05 p.m.May 7, 2024, 2:42 p.m.

Foes of the referendum, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, argued Democrats in the legislature made a fatal procedural misstep.

Two people walk together down a residential block in Jamaica.

Housing

Neighborhoods That Most Need Basement Apartment Legalization Left Out of State Pilot

April 29, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 28, 2024, 11:46 a.m.

Six of 15 districts in the program to allow subterranean apartment conversions are in Manhattan, a borough with only 1% of the city’s basement and cellars in smaller homes.

A development was visible between historic Fort Greene, Brooklyn buildings.

Albany

State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag

April 16, 2024, 10:59 a.m.April 17, 2024, 10:02 a.m.

Hochul gives mayor wins on housing and migrant aid, while skipping school funding and Medicaid reforms that would have helped curb coming deficits.

Governor Kathy Hochul presents the Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget in the Red Room at the State Capitol.

State Budget

Hochul Housing Deal Prompts Pushback and a Big Question: Will It Be Enough?

April 15, 2024, 5:01 a.m.April 14, 2024, 9:43 p.m.

Measures include a new developer tax break, “good cause” tenant protections, rent increases for improved vacant apartments and unshackling New York City’s development powers.

A vacant office building at 111 Wall St. in the process of being turned into apartments.

Housing

Office Vacancy Crisis Deepens as Albany Mulls Easing Conversions to Apartments

April 10, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 10, 2024, 8:56 a.m.

Bills to enable housing in reconfigured Manhattan buildings remain mired in ongoing Albany budget talks even while nearly 100 million square feet are vacant.

Housing

Major Housing Deal Appears Near in Albany

April 3, 2024, 3:00 p.m.April 4, 2024, 12:46 p.m.

Rent increases for renovated apartments, more density for new apartment buildings and modest tenant protections are likely. One key hurdle: a new tax break for rental housing

How to New York

Voting Season in New York is Here: A 2024 Elections Guide

March 21, 2024, 11:58 a.m.May 8, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

The presidential primary is behind us. Get ready to vote again in June.

Construction workers erect a mixed-use skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Rent

Albany Housing Inaction Boomerangs on Increasingly Pricey City

March 14, 2024, 4:59 a.m.March 13, 2024, 7:38 p.m.

Rents are rising, apartment development starts drop and construction jobs decline, new statistics show.

Albany

Albany Pols Grill Adams on ‘Tin Cup Day’

Feb. 6, 2024, 3:58 p.m.Feb. 7, 2024, 4:49 p.m.

The mayor is asking skeptical lawmakers for more money — for migrant care and other budget holes — and more direct control of education policy.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Another Tin Cup Day

Feb. 5, 2024, 5:04 p.m.Feb. 5, 2024, 5:04 p.m.

Will Eric Adams finally have his Aaron Judge year in Albany, or at least get north of the Mendoza line? The FAQ hosts discuss that, the dark and distorted ways local New York City news is showing up nationally as the presidential election gets underway, and much more. If you like what you’re hearing on FAQ […]

Albany

N.Y. Equal Rights Amendment Thrown Off November Ballot by Upstate Judge

Neighborhoods That Most Need Basement Apartment Legalization Left Out of State Pilot

State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag

Hochul Housing Deal Prompts Pushback and a Big Question: Will It Be Enough?

Office Vacancy Crisis Deepens as Albany Mulls Easing Conversions to Apartments

Major Housing Deal Appears Near in Albany

Voting Season in New York is Here: A 2024 Elections Guide

Albany Housing Inaction Boomerangs on Increasingly Pricey City

Albany Pols Grill Adams on ‘Tin Cup Day’

LISTEN: Another Tin Cup Day

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