#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in 0B budget

#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget

“Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget” Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed runaway costs to taxpayers and overtime abuse, The Post has learned. The rollbacks were tucked into the record-breaking $220 billion election-year state…

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#Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack

#Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack

“Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack” New York elected officials are scrambling to spin their disastrous population losses as something that can easily be reversed with just a few tweaks to the business environment, more federal aid and more spending from Albany and City Hall. Sorry, the municipal-bond market appears to disagree. For…

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#GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary

#GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary

“GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary” Hunter watch: GOPers Stand Vindicated “The list of those owed an apology over the Hunter Biden affair may stretch to the moon and back,” snarks Kimberly A. Strassel at The Wall Street Journal. Topping the list? Republicans “Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson.” Their probe of Hunter spooked Dems, who…

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#Hochul failed to get NY needed criminal-justice fixes

#Hochul failed to get NY needed criminal-justice fixes

“Hochul failed to get NY needed criminal-justice fixes” Facing a legislative leadership that flat-out refused to make any of the vital fixes to New York’s insane criminal-justice reforms, Gov. Kathy Hochul belatedly opted to ask for some small changes as her price for agreeing to a bloated state budget. She wound up getting some tiny…

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#NY lawmakers fail to strike ‘top secret’ budget deal: critics

#NY lawmakers fail to strike ‘top secret’ budget deal: critics

“NY lawmakers fail to strike ‘top secret’ budget deal: critics” ALBANY — Gov. Hochul and state lawmakers failed to strike a budget deal on New York’s overdue 2023 fiscal plan Wednesday, with critics slamming the “top secret” negotiation process as “appalling” and “undemocratic.” Lawmakers are looking to add another $4 billion in additional spending to…

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#Eric Adams’ 2nd dinner with Andrew Cuomo criticized as ‘massive diss’ to Gov. Hochul

#Eric Adams’ 2nd dinner with Andrew Cuomo criticized as ‘massive diss’ to Gov. Hochul

“Eric Adams’ 2nd dinner with Andrew Cuomo criticized as ‘massive diss’ to Gov. Hochul” Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to dine with disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo — for a second time — as Gov. Kathy Hochul attempts to get him bail-reform changes in Albany was an “alarming” and “disrespectful” slap in the face to her, critics told The Post…

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