On January 16, New York Governor Kathy Hochul released her State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Executive Budget, her third since assuming office in August 2021. Addresses by Governor Hochul and Budget Director Blake Washington...more
1/26/2024
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Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the appointment of Blake Washington as the next New York State Budget Director. Mr. Washington has served in his current role since 2015 as the secretary to the NYS Assembly Ways and...more
On Monday, New York entered a third week of extended budget negotiations as legislative leaders and Governor Kathy Hochul continued to work toward a resolution regarding several larger issues, reportedly including those...more
On Monday, April 10, legislators returned to Albany to take up a new round of budget extender bills, as New York State entered its second week of negotiations past the state’s statutory April 1 deadline for on-time budgets....more
New York State missed its April 1 statutory deadline for an on-time budget, as the Hochul Administration and New York State Senate and Assembly leaders and staff continued to negotiate toward an agreement on the state’s...more
As New York begins its state fiscal year 2024 budget cycle with the recent release of Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal, the houses of the legislature have released their calendar for Joint Legislative Budget...more
In a statement released December 2, 2022, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett announced her intent to depart her position leading the Department of Health as of January 1, 2023. Commissioner Bassett was...more
On November 17, Director of the Budget Robert Mujica announced that he will be leaving his position as Director of the Division of the Budget to assume the role of Executive Director of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and...more
On November 4, the New York State Division of the Budget (DOB) issued their mid-year update to the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 enacted budget and financial plan. The mid-year report covers the first half of SFY 2023, from...more
On August 23, New York State held its primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives and the State Senate. This was the second primary election day (an initial round was conducted on June 28 for the State Assembly,...more
On July 29, Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett announced a set of new efforts to align the internal organization and focus of the Department of Health to leverage the department’s talent, workflow and collaboration, integration of...more
On Friday evening, the New York State Legislature concluded a two-day extraordinary legislative session called by Governor Hochul in response to two recent Supreme Court decisions. The legislature had been initially called...more
7/6/2022
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Governor Kathy Hochul has called an extraordinary session of the Legislature in Albany to begin on Thursday, June 30. The session is being held in an effort to discuss the impacts of the New York State Rifle & Pistol...more
6/28/2022
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The New York State Legislature recently concluded its 2022 legislative session, with the Assembly adjourning in the morning hours of Saturday, June 4, following the State Senate, which adjourned early on Friday, June 3....more
6/14/2022
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On Saturday, April 9, the New York State Legislature passed the final set of budget bills for the state’s fiscal year 2022–23 budget, which are in the process of being signed into law by the Governor. The approximately $220...more
On January 18, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul released her budget proposal for State Fiscal Year 2023. While record-breaking in its size—totaling $216.3 billion—and inclusive of many investments in Medicaid and health care more...more
1/26/2022
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Since assuming office on August 24, Governor Kathy Hochul has continued assembling her team. She and her team remain focused on the state’s response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, delivering her first State of the State, and...more
On December 10, following an earlier announcement by the Governor, the Department of Health (DOH) issued a Commissioner’s Determination and an expanded FAQ on indoor masking pursuant to authority under New York State...more
Over the past two weeks, both the state and New York City have taken a number of actions designed to address mounting concerns around the emergence of the omicron coronavirus variant, and case load surges more broadly. ...more
12/7/2021
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Since assuming office on August 24, Governor Kathy Hochul has continued assembling her team while continuing to focus on the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor has announced a number of Executive...more
On October 8, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) issued a frequently asked questions document (FAQ) offering guidance for the workplace related to the state’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). MRTA,...more
11/1/2021
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Since assuming office on August 24, Governor Kathy Hochul has continued assembling her team while focusing on the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor has announced a number of Executive Chamber and...more
Since assuming office on August 24, Governor Kathy Hochul has been assembling her team while continuing to focus on the state’s response to the ongoing COVID pandemic. The Governor has announced a number of executive chamber...more
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th Governor of New York on August 24, becoming the first female Governor in New York’s long history. She succeeded three-term Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in the...more
9/7/2021
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During his press conference last week, Governor Cuomo announced that his administration would allow the State Disaster Emergency (SDE) declaration to expire at the end of the day on June 24 and would not be renewed. The SDE...more