Governor Hochul and legislative leaders are closing in on a final budget agreement that will make changes to New York's bail system, legalize to-go cocktails at and relax the state’s gas tax for much of the rest of the year. Here's what you need to know:
decided she wanted to lock more people up and also gift a stadium to a billionaire using public funds.The exact details have not yet been released. But Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, acknowledged Tuesday that the budget will likely deal with the issue of repeat arrestees and give judges more leeway to set bail for second alleged offenses.
In a statement Tuesday, Walker said the latest changes will “roll back progress the state has made toward ending the criminalization of poverty.” What is a “substantial food item”? The budget language doesn’t explicitly say, opening the door to debates of which foods are and aren’t “substantial.” Liquor stores had led the opposition to takeout cocktails. They won’t go home empty handed: The budget language will allow them to open their stores on Christmas Day, which had long been prohibited by the state’s pandemic-era laws regulating the alcohol industry. And the budget will also launch a commission to study ways to improve the alcoholic beverage control law.
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