Bernadette Hogan
@bern_hogan
@NY1 Statehouse reporter | Former @nypost City Hall Bureau Chief/Albany | @Marist | RTs not endorsements, duh | DM/Signal | [email protected]
31-07-2013 04:01:08
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.Governor Kathy Hochul: overall budget package is $237B, up from her proposed $233B proposal in January.
Says she has wins: “we cracked down on persistent crime, like retail theft..or unlicensed cannabis stores..I said we’d take concrete action to address the housing crisis.”
“The consequences are so painfully evident,” Governor Kathy Hochul says of housing crisis.
“We could’ve settled down for a watered down plan and a hollow victory this time last year but I refused to accept anything that didn’t meaningfully address the housing supply.”
Governor Kathy Hochul She gives credit to Carl E. Heastie & Sen. Stewart-Cousins for helping her get to a deal.
“New York City is getting the local control it’s been asking for to unlock new housing growth,” says previous 421a projects get extension to 2031 and also tax incentive replacement.
