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
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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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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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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On February 25, 2021, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate convened their annual Health and Medicaid hearing on the proposed Executive Budget, which was previously scheduled to take place February 5, 2021....more
This year’s New York State legislative session has been unprecedented due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the recent protests surrounding racial justice, and the impacts of those monumental events on public health, our...more