Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Stringer on Albany Pay Raise, Housing Plan; Hochul on Cuomo’s Agenda
Jarrett Murphy |
The comptroller said he didn’t want to be a ‘rubber stamp’ for the legislature.
The comptroller said he didn’t want to be a ‘rubber stamp’ for the legislature.
‘2019 will be a watershed year. Everyone who rents, and everyone who cares about affordable rental housing, should join the fight.’
The new dynamics of power in Albany, and the timing of key decision-making processes in the city itself, will make next year a pivotal one for affordability in New York.
A decade after it died without a vote in Albany, congestion pricing is likely to become reality in New York City in 2019. It will be both a milestone and a first step.
Mayor de Blasio says generous subsidies and a short-cut public process are justified because New York needs the tax dollars Amazon will bring. But there’s a lot more to the balance sheet than that.
Under normal circumstances, 2019 would be a quiet year in city politics. But circumstances are not normal.
Still making up your mind about whom to vote for? Want to check your choice one last time? Here’s a quick menu of audio and video resources on many of the candidates for state office.
Unlike Gov. Cuomo, the Republican nominee, Marc Molinaro, has said little about rent regulations or subsidized housing. But both men have said a lot about property taxes.
While Gov. Cuomo’s progressive shift in rhetoric — whether spurred by Cynthia Nixon or not — is obvious, what happens next is less certain.
The candidates for governor might never have a debate. But that won’t stop readers from telling us the questions they want to hear answered.