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Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Kathy HochulA coalition of progressive groups say Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget is too favorable to wealthy New Yorkers at the expense of working families. -
Karen DeWitt/New York State Public RadioThe budget presentation comes at a time of heightened tensions between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature over her nominee for chief judge and a veto of a key piece of legislation updating the state's wrongful death statute.
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More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice. -
The governor, in her State of the State message, proposed revisions to the law to make it easier for judges to set bail for more “serious crimes.”
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The Equal Rights Amendment include the right for pregnant people to choose abortion.
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A Siena College poll out Monday shows Gov. Kathy Hochul with her highest job approval and favorability ratings since taking office.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is deciding whether to press forward with legal action after a state Senate committee rejected her choice for chief judge. Senators say that would be a mistake.
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The state Senate judiciary committee voted down Gov. Kathy Hochul's choice for the next chief judge, but the governor is calling for another vote on the Senate floor.
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Hector LaSalle, if approved, would be the first Latino chief judge in New York, but he currently does not have the votes among Democrats to be confirmed.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats in the state Senate have differing interpretations of the state's constitution. Hochul believes her nominee can bypass a hostile judiciary committee and be voted on by the full Senate. Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins say all measures go through committees first.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of the month, when she releases her state budget plan, to detail the costs of her programs to expand housing, mental health services and to support public safety actions.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, in her first State of the State message as an elected governor, outlined an ambitious housing program and expansion of mental health services, along with new public safety measures, including more changes to the state’s controversial bail reform laws.
