Hochul announces $229B budget with bail reform investments
The $229 billion budget is still likely a week away from a vote.
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The $229 billion budget is still likely a week away from a vote.
The budget will also address, among other things, minimum wage and New York City's many needs.
With the budget 25 days late, sources tell CBS2 state lawmakers are finally closing in on a deal.
Crime is top of mind this week as we talk all things criminal justice with George Grasso, who knows the issue from the street up.
Grasso, a former NYPD deputy commissioner, is running for Queens District Attorney.
O'Brien Murray and J.C. Polanco, two of Marcia Kramer's favorite political minds, joined the show this week.
Grasso rose from beat cop to first deputy commissioner of the NYPD, then he spent years as a judge. Now, he's challenging Katz in the Democratic primary.
There's still no budget agreement in Albany, but New York lawmakers seem to be moving closer to a deal on bail reform.
Last week, the Assembly and Senate passed a $592 million extension after negotiations stalled.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers have until noon to file another extension.
Luminaries gathered in Harlem on Wednesday and took aim at the governor and leaders of the Legislature.
With the budget deadline just around the corner, Hochul is mounting a last-ditch effort to win bail law changes.
Police apprehended a suspect in the shooting, one of three to rock Manhattan on Tuesday.
The shots weren't heard in the state capital, but their reverberation is sure to be felt, as the governor readies her own battle to get lawmakers to see the need to tighten bail laws as part of the budget. CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports.
Mayor Eric Adams spoke with CBS News New York on Monday to address the issues facing New Yorkers, from crime to mental illness.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris discusses the big issues that will come up in the next legislative session in Albany.
Among other issues, the governor plans to tackle affordable housing, psychiatric beds, bail reform, and New York's affordability in 2023. CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez was an early proponent of liberalizing bail laws and giving people caught on the wrong side of the law a chance to turn their lives around. He joins CBS2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer to discuss how it's going and what's next.
They say a surge of crime in the suburbs is falling on deaf ears in Albany.
It's called the "Rose Garden strategy," and so far the governor has stuck to it. But there is pressure to debate.
The Trafalgar Group surveyed likely voters and found Hochul with 47.8 percent to Zeldin's 43.4 percent.
Adams has been in office for less than a year, but he's already spending political capital attempting to change the atmosphere in Albany, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reports.
Friday morning, he was picked up by the state Department of Corrections after the governor stepped in.
County Executive Bruce Blakeman says from April to June, more than 3,000 people were arrested in Nassau County, and 2,600 of them were released without bail - and nearly 200 re-arrested.
County Executive Bruce Blakeman says from April-June, more than 3,000 people were arrested in Nassau County, and 2,600 of them were released without bail, with nearly 200 re-arrested.
