"The amendment, introduced late Monday, would also remove the state’s prohibitions on drawing districts to favor incumbents or political parties." More from @gothamist.com's Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

First they pass the budget. Then they get what's owed to them. A look at what's an Albany ritual: Lawmakers lining up for their no-longer-suspended paychecks after passing a (late) state budget. gothamist.com/news/a-rite-...

New York state is pushing back its study on reparations by another two years. As @gothamist.com’s Arun Venugopal reports, the latest delay is tucked inside the state budget. gothamist.com/news/ny-offi...

The Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn is poised to get $175 million in the NY state budget. It'll help pay for a platform over the railyard next to Barclay's Center. w/ @davidfbrand.bsky.social: gothamist.com/news/atlanti...

“Queens does it, Brooklyn does it, and we know the Bronx is just as good, if not better." gothamist.com/news/mr-met-...

Hochul's proposed pied-a-terre tax: - For 1-to-3 family homes with market value (as assessed by NYC) >$5M: 0.8% to 1.05%, depending on value - For co-ops/condos with market value >$1M: 4% to 6.5%* * For first two years. New method after that. gothamist.com/news/lawmake...

Today's NY Senate Rules Committee meeting -- in which the ccommittee approved a 12th budget extender -- was 13 seconds long.

Gov. Hochul, speaking to reporters on Long Island, encouraging people to work from home should the LIRR strike happen.

The NY Senate is set to pass bills banning “surveillance pricing” in stores — including one that would prohibit grocery stores and pharmacies from using digital price tags that can instantly change prices in real time. Background here: gothamist.com/news/ag-jame...

“New York has led, and will continue to lead, on clean energy and climate. But reality has been harsh." gothamist.com/news/rolling...

Loved this story by @davidfbrand.bsky.social -- a true soccer nerd -- about the small New Jersey town that's the "cradle of American soccer." gothamist.com/news/in-the-...

Governor Hochul announced a "general agreement" on a $268 billion state budget this morning. That was news to one of the people she supposedly generally agreed with. Updated story: gothamist.com/news/ny-gov-...

Gov. Hochul announced a deal on a $268B budget that includes $ to help NYC close its deficit, limits police cooperating with immigration enforcers and creates new rebate checks to defray the cost of utility bills. gothamist.com/news/ny-gov-...

NEW: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tells me he expects the NYC "super speeder" measure will be part of a final state budget. It'll require the owner of a vehicle that racks up 16 speed-camera tickets in a year to install a speed-limiting device. gothamist.com/news/state-t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders are nearing a deal to eliminate a lengthy environmental review for certain housing and infrastructure projects, a move the governor hopes will get apartments and condos built more quickly. The latest on SEQR: gothamist.com/news/hochul-...

NY Gov. Hochul was unequivocal about Mayor Mamdani's latest push to raise taxes on the rich, via the passthrough entity tax. "It's not happening," she said. gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders are weighing whether to prevent auto insurers from increasing rates without prior approval from the state. It's the latest in negotiations over Hochul's insurance reforms, a big sticking point in state budget talks. gothamist.com/news/car-ins...

The person in charge of NY's artificial reef program really wants to get his hands on Pete Davidson and Colin Jost's boat. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/c...

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a good ol' fashioned turf war on our hands. @gothamist.com's Jimmy Vielkind with the latest on the regulatory back and forth over Kalshi, Polymarket and other prediction markets, where NY has taken center stage. gothamist.com/news/turf-ba...

Would President Trump have to pay the proposed NYC pied-a-terre tax? It's complicated. His Trump Tower penthouse is a test case for how to apply the tax -- and how tough it will be to determine which properties do and do not qualify. w/ @davidfbrand.bsky.social: gothamist.com/news/would-d...

Watch the great @brigidbergin.bsky.social interview NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani live here: www.youtube.com/live/1Pu06qH...

Decades before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed for fast and free buses, the city of Albany had ... the Freewheeler. From 1978 to 1980, the feds used Downtown Albany as a testing ground for free buses.

Meanwhile, Hochul's expanded immigration bill is facing headwinds in the Legislature because it would allow local police to cooperate with ICE when there's probable cause a person committed a crime. “That's such an open and general term," Speaker Heastie said.

In response to Hochul backing a mask ban, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement saying its agents wouldn't abide by it, calling it unconstitutional. gothamist.com/news/ny-gov-...

“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presents herself as a ‘mom from Buffalo.’ But the Democrat is now a New York City resident — at least for tax purposes.” More from @gothamist.com’s Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/one-of-...

"Now, what was once seen as a progressive pipe dream is, in the words of Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, a 'common sense plan' for closing the city’s budget gap." More from @davidfbrand.bsky.social: gothamist.com/news/how-nyc...

Gov. Hochul has proposed a tax on New York pieds-à-terre. We talked about that and other state budget news with @joncampbellny.bsky.social on today's show. www.wnyc.org/story/nys-bu...

Gov. Hochul makes a rare primary endorsement, backing Micah Lasher (her former director of policy) in the crowded NY12 Democratic primary.

This article left me speechless. nypost.com/2026/04/11/u...

Former Rep. Eliot Engel, a Dem who repped a Bronx/Westchester district from 1989 through 2020 and was chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died. Westchester County Exec Ken Jenkins and two other prominent Democratic officials have confirmed the news.

Whoops. apnews.com/article/new-...

Overtime pay at NY state agencies hit $1.6 billion last year, a 23% increase from 2024, per DiNapoli's office. A big reason why? The prison strike and ongoing staffing issues within the corrections department. gothamist.com/news/ny-pris...

In New York, a candy bar is subject to sales tax. A gold bar is not. Some Democrats say that's absurd and want to change it. But Hochul's budget director says that could mess with NY's gold market -- which he's extremely wary of doing. gothamist.com/news/dealers...

The latest on NY state budget talks: - Lawmakers returned to Albany to pass a one-week budget extender sent up by Gov. Hochul today. - They held (or in the Assembly Dems' case, are in the middle of) closed-door conferences. - They're heading home, to return to Albany on Monday.

"Labor unions’ plan to improve retirement benefits for recently hired public workers would cost taxpayers roughly $1.5 billion a year, according to people briefed on the proposal." More from @gothamist.com's Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

Seven straight years of late NY budgets. gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...

Gov. Kathy Hochul hasn't totally shut the door on Mayor Mamdani's vision of fare-free buses in NYC. "Anything can be scaled up," she said in January. So state lawmakers are thinking small(er) in hopes of getting her on board. gothamist.com/news/lawmake...

“New Yorkers applying for concealed carry permits will no longer be required to share their social media accounts with police, according to a settlement proposed in federal court last week.” More from @gothamist.com’s Samantha Max: gothamist.com/news/ny-wont...

“We do acknowledge that there will need to be public resources to offset the value of, or the costs of the platform.” More from @davidfbrand.bsky.social: gothamist.com/news/ny-stat...

"Nearly a half-million New Yorkers are slated to get booted off of New York’s publicly funded Essential Plan health insurance program in July — and that’s the good news, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office." More from @clewisreports.bsky.social: gothamist.com/news/watch-t...

Gov. Hochul says she spoke with Dr. Oz today. It comes at a time where Dr. Oz is investigating NY's Medicaid program for fraud.

Hochul's plan to roll back the 2019 NY climate law: - Push regs (read: cap and invest, likely) to 2030 - Set new 2040 emissions-cutting mandate (since current 2030 mark would be moot) - A methodology change that would make it easier to hit goals gothamist.com/news/citing-...

Same vibe tbh

Meet Milly Czerwinski, the 27-year-old who has "run (and strange-ified) @NYGov for a little more than 10 months." From @gothamist.com's Hannah Frishberg: gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

Gov. Hochul pleads with lawmakers to punt New York's ambitious climate goals, citing cost concerns. "Do you want to give ourselves some breathing room? Or do you want to impose those costs on New Yorkers?” "I need more time." gothamist.com/news/i-need-...

Republican lawmakers say New York’s top judge crossed an ethical line last week when he endorsed pending legislation that would allow judges to revisit long sentences for incarcerated people. More from @gothamist.com's Jimmy Vielkind: gothamist.com/news/nys-top...

"There are few opponents, and people who a decade ago warned of the cost implications are keeping quiet now." @gothamist.com's Jimmy Vielkind on the push to sweeten public employees' pensions in New York, and the costs local governments and schools could incur. gothamist.com/news/big-uni...

New York’s lofty goal to dramatically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions has run into a major roadblock: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s election-year quest to make the state more affordable. gothamist.com/news/nys-cli...

“I’m fighting for a fairer pension plan because we need to continue recruiting people,” Hochul said at the unions’ Tier VI rally.

Shoutout to the drummer dude in Hochul’s shot.