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  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Bill Mahoney |Maya Kaufman

    State Sen. James Skoufis had some pointed critiques of the state's budget process. | NYS Senate Media Services DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 37HOCHUL, THE “AUTHORITARIAN”: The state’s drawn-out budget process went into its final stage today when members began to vote on the spending plan around noon. And tensions are clearly beginning to bubble over. “I strongly do not believe that this budget as it sits before us is in any way a reflection of a functioning democracy,” state Sen.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maya Kaufman

    NEW YORK — Longtime labor leader George Gresham was toppled by his former lieutenants in a contentious race to lead the nation’s largest health care union. Gresham, who became president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East in 2007, lost his reelection bid by a resounding margin to challenger Yvonne Armstrong, who leads the union’s long-term care division, according to data reviewed by POLITICO.

  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Maya Kaufman |Katelyn Cordero

    Legislative leaders have agreed to a state budget framework that loosens the legal standard for involuntary commitment of the mentally ill — a major victory for Gov. Kathy Hochul and a sign that political winds on the issue are shifting to the center.

  • 1 week ago | politico.com | Maya Kaufman |Katelyn Cordero |Jason Beeferman

    The change, which Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed, points to broadening Democratic support for coercive approaches to mental health crises. New York City Police Department officers pass a homeless woman sleeping on a bench while patrolling in a 34th Street subway station, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) | AP ALBANY, New York — Gov.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maya Kaufman |Katelyn Cordero |Jason Beeferman

    ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul shored up her public safety agenda this week when state lawmakers agreed to loosen the legal standard for involuntary commitment of the mentally ill — a major victory for the Democrat and a sign that political winds on the issue are shifting to the center.

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Maya Kaufman
Maya Kaufman @mayakauf
9 May 25

Yet the 57-page audit makes no mention of the mayor, as I reported in POLITICO's Playbook this AM: https://t.co/yxos1qTCQ1

Andrew Siff
Andrew Siff @andrewsiff4NY

.@NYCComptroller with an unusual audit, politically speaking: praising the Adams @NYCMayor administration for its Doula programs. “This program works,” said Lander. #NBC4NY https://t.co/vGslMKN0S6

Maya Kaufman
Maya Kaufman @mayakauf
9 May 25

RT @mayakauf: New York-Presbyterian plans to lay off 2% of its workforce — or about 1,000 employees — over the coming month due to "current…

Maya Kaufman
Maya Kaufman @mayakauf
8 May 25

RT @NickReisman: This @mahoneyw newsletter top is a classic: New York's budget is going to ban newsies https://t.co/KUVZPoVSkB