With the date for state rent laws to expire approaching, the Senate Majority announced Monday a series of public hearings will be held on rent regulation and tenant protection issues.
‘We need a lot of reform when it comes to budget process in general that hopefully will lend itself to more transparency and hopefully a lot more uplifting of legislators’ voices.’
‘A small-dollar public financing program modeled on New York City’s would allow more candidates to build campaigns primarily on small donations from New Yorkers.’
”Chavez once said, ‘The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It’s always about people.’ It’s time for Gov. Cuomo to pass One Fair Wage and treat tipped workers with respect and dignity.”
‘We still haven’t gotten to the root cause of Albany’s long-standing problem. The facts are clear: big donors dominate New York’s elections.’
‘The governor and state legislature now have the opportunity to do something to help the people most at risk of homelessness.’
A priest and a rabbi write, ‘Our traditions teach that when a person is held captive and the value of their freedom is assigned a price tag that they cannot afford,’ the basic teachings of both their faiths are violated.
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
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