Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders are closing in on a final budget agreement that will make changes to New York's cash bail system, legalize to-go cocktails and relax the state’s gas tax for much of the rest of the year. Here's what you need to know:
decided she wanted to lock more people up and also gift a stadium to a billionaire using public funds.The exact details have not yet been released. But Hochul said it will may key changes to the state's bail and evidence discovery laws — both of which had been reformed by Democratic lawmakers in 2019 and hailed as key wins for the progressive movement.
The budget agreement is also expected to include a five-year extension of Kendra's Law — which allows courts to order someone into mental health treatment — while giving judges more leeway to mandate a second course of treatment if the person experiences a "substantial increase" in symptoms. Assemblymember Latrice Walker, a Brooklyn Democrat, was one of the architects of the 2019 reforms that ended cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies. She launched a hunger strike in an effort to block Hochul’s proposals.
“Now more than ever, it’s critical that we do not allow political distractions to undermine effective, evidence-based policy,” she said. “Putting forward the wrong solutions won’t get us the right results.”reducing the state’s gas taxesThe budget language would nearly halve the state’s 33-cent share of per-gallon taxes in an attempt to provide relief at the gas pump amid sky-high prices. As of Thursday, the average price of a gallon of gas was $4.26, according to AAA.
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