Free buses, cash bail, the minimum wage, charter schools, crackdowns on illicit marijuana stores and CUNY tuition are all tied to a single piece of legislation known in Albany as 'the Big Ugly.'
The practice has long been commonplace in Albany, much to the chagrin of government transparency advocates. It even has a name within the walls of the state Capitol: the Big Ugly.
A measure clearing the way for the State University of New York and City University of New York systems to raise tuition — but only for out-of-state students. A three-year minimum wage hike, gradually increasing to $17 an hour in 2026 in the city, Long Island and Westchester and $16 in the rest of the state. Then future increases will be tied to inflation.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris was a major proponent of the fare-free bus measure. Late Wednesday, he said the pilot program has to be capped at one year because of federal law and regulations — anything longer would have required an environmental review, which would have slowed down implementation.
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