In her State of the State Address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled an ambitious plans to build affordable housing, open more psychiatric beds, fix bail reform, and address New York's affordability crisis. MKramerTV reports.
unveiled an ambitious plans to build affordable housing, open more psychiatric beds, fix bail reform, and address New York's affordability crisis.
Her plan to tie the minimum wage to inflation drew the most sustained applause of her entire speech. It was just one of a number of proposals to make the Empire State more affordable and stem the tide of out-migration.It was Hochul's first opportunity to outline her agenda following a bruising election campaign in which Republican opponent Lee Zeldin slammed her on everything from congestion pricing to bail reform.
What she didn't say in her speech was that her key proposal is to have the Legislature eliminate the so-called"least restrictive"' provision of the bail law, which forces judges to go easy in bail-eligible cases.
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