Kate Lisa

Albany

Politics Reporter at Capital Tonight

Politics Reporter at Spectrum News Albany

Politics Reporter at Spectrum News Rochester

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Articles

N.Y. landlords, lawmakers to face off over expanding upstate rent control

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

New York Democrats want to make it easier for cities, towns and villages outside New York City to impose local rent stabilization as communities battle a statewide housing shortage and struggle to take advantage of bolstered protections for tenants. With rent costs and homelessness on the rise amid stagnating wages, lawmakers are making a final push to advance a bill to empower upstate localities to take rent control, and the housing crisis, into their own hands.
Wine in supermarkets bill amended as N.Y. pols push alcohol laws tweaks

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

A bill was amended Wednesday that would allow the sale of wine in New York grocery stores as lawmakers make a final push to pass legislation to modernize the state's alcohol laws in the next two weeks. Lawmakers for more than a decade have debated creating licenses for supermarkets to sell wine, beer and cider products, and a series of other proposals to update New York's Alcoholic and Beverage Control laws, which date back to Prohibition.
N.Y. senator, staffer bike 206 miles to Albany for Bike to Work Day

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

A state senator and Assembly staffer biked over 200 miles to Albany this week from New York City to commemorate National Bike to Work Day. For five years, Sen. John Liu, a Democrat from Queens, has cycled to the Capitol from his district each May. The informal holiday is celebrated every year on the third Friday in May, but the senator makes the trip the following weeked because there's no scheduled session on Fridays.
Lawmakers, Hochul clash on CDPAP legislative fix

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

State lawmakers said Tuesday they won't back down from a legislative fight to address persistent issues with the transition of a $9 billion Medicaid home care program — even though Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated she's not open to compromise.
N.Y. senators united by The Force adopt Star Wars resolution

2 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

New York state senators voted Monday to commemorate a cultural phenomenon that's spanned almost five decades — and unites lawmakers both Sith and Jedi.
N.Y. lawmakers call attention to stuttering, literacy bills

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

State lawmakers called attention this week to legislation that would help New Yorkers who stutter or have a reading-related learning disorder access essential services they need. There's less than a month to get bills through both houses of the Legislature, but several Democrats said they feel confident they'll get the measures to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk this year.
SUNY: Campuses ready for free community college program

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

The head of the State University of New York said Friday its community college campuses are ready for a program in the budget to cover the cost of tuition, fees and supplies for many New York adults pursuing a field in high demand. The final $254 billion budget passed last week earmarks $47 million for SUNY Reconnect — a program Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed at the start of the year to provide free tuition, fees, books and supplies for adults ages 25 to 55 who do not have a prior degree.
New York bill introduced proposing new CDPAP compromise

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

State lawmakers introduced a new bill this week to expand the companies that oversee a $9 billion Medicaid program that enables disabled or elderly New Yorkers to choose their home caregiver. State Senate Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera and Assembly Health Committee Chair Amy Paulin introduced legislation they said would help address persistent issues in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), which management company Public Partnerships LLC took over April 1.
N.Y. lawmakers defend nonpublic school rule changes in budget

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

Several Democratic lawmakers, including Orthodox Jewish legislators, said Monday that changes to New York State Education Department regulations in the budget will allow nonpublic schools in the state to thrive. The budget enacted Friday alters the pathways that religious and nonpublic schools can use to prove to the department they provide an education that is "substantially equivalent" to public districts.
State lawmakers criticize Gov. Hochul's policy-laden budget strategy

4 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Kate Lisa

With a $254 billion budget behind them, state lawmakers said they're frustrated by the drawn-out process and how Gov. Kathy Hochul flexed her executive muscle to hold up the spending plan five weeks past its deadline. New York's Constitution gives the governor extreme powers to set the state budget. However, several lawmakers told Spectrum News 1 they're unimpressed with how Hochul used that authority to drag out negotiations and ensure the top items on her agenda were included.