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CityAndStateNY.com
June 13, 2022
and came out with her status intact.
“A skylight that’ll remind you that yes, the heavens are out there still, despite the feeling that you may be living in hell.” – Gov. Kathy Hochul, on the expected features of the new Penn Station
In the first debate featuring all three Democratic primary contenders, Gov. Kathy Hochul held her own against attacks from Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi.
HOCHUL TAKES THE DEBATE STAGE Gov. Kathy Hochul faced off against her two primary opponents, Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, in her first debate in the race for governor. She bore the brunt of the
attacks, including for her controversial deal to put $850 billion in taxpayer funds toward a new Buffalo Bills stadium and past support from the National Rifle Association. However, Hochul held her own and touted her success in getting nation-leading gun reform legislation passed
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and her action on abortion in the wake of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In the end, the debate finished without any particular standout moments for any of the candidates, which was a perfectly acceptable outcome for Hochul, who went in as the front-runner
SUBWAY SHADE New York City finally has a mayor who rides the subway, and don’t think Eric Adams would break that habit during his trip to Washington, D.C., last week to testify in front of Congress on gun violence. The U.S. Capitol’s internal rail didn’t impress the mayor much, with Adams tweeting, “They call this a subway?” Nothing compares to the New York City subway system, which Adams has been so consistently complimentary of over the past six months.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced a $101 billion budget deal Friday – ahead of the de facto July 1 deadline. Both leaders touted the relatively harmonious process, the details of which were never leaked. Mayor Adams initially proposed 3% cuts across the board, but the final version did not include many of those cuts, partly due to higher than expected tax revenues.
“People talk about one-party rule – good. Good. If that’s what it takes to confront what we know is a public health crisis in our time, good.” – state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins, at the bill signing ceremony for a series of new gun control laws
New York City Mayor Eric Adams traveled to D.C. to offer his testimony before Congress on the importance of passing new gun control laws. He specifically called for universal background checks, to raise the age required to buy AR-15 type guns and to institute federal red flag laws that would carry consequences for lack of enforcement. Adams also pointed to the so-called “iron pipeline” that has brought guns illegally into the state from surrounding states with less restrictive gun laws as one major reason for why federal action is needed. The same day the mayor testified, survivors of the Buffalo mass shooting at a Tops supermarket and family members of those
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NEW YORK CITY BUDGET AGREEMENT FINALIZED
