the finest political writer and editor I’ve ever had the pleasure of learning from has *finally* given us another Big Character book

“I think that both parties regard the Hudson Valley — of all places — as the sort of political epicenter,” Reinish said.

Debt ceiling fight heads to battleground NYC suburbs politi.co/3NTvfMH via POLITICO

The Assembly, which has recently all but shut off access to its chamber and lobby to the press, just passed a resolution retroactively making last Wednesday 'Press Freedom Day in the State of New York'

Less than 12 hours after New York lawmakers approved a month-late state budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday was promoting her biggest victory: legislation toughening the state’s bail laws
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“There’s just this disconnect. It’s a mystery. There is a lot of goodwill toward the governor, and there’s just this hope that she and her team get on firmer footing.”

Good piece by Anna Gronewold Joseph Spector: politico.com/news/2023/04/2…

NEW from Hochul:

- called video “horrific”
- family deserves justice
- calls acts by man and two others who held Neely down an “extreme response”
- says “it became very clear that, you know, he was not going to cause harm to these other people”

Transcription from her office:

Well, this may help explain why Governor Kathy Hochul’s top former consultant kept such a low profile, including living in Colorado while working for New York’s Governor. An arrangement Hochul defended on Inside City Hall

Solid reporting from Jeff Mays and Nicholas Fandos

UPDATE TO STORY:

Yes.

Scoop: Biden to send Sean Patrick Maloney to Paris as OECD ambassador axios.com/2023/05/02/sea…

.Latrice Walker, one of the architects of original bail reform effort, says of changes in budget “I will see you in court.”

Now that voting has started, will the Legislature wrap this all up today? All-nighter?

“We’re going to go until it’s done,”Carl E. Heastie says.

Former State Senator Anna Kaplan has filed to run against George Santos->

My friend accidentally made a good Tom DiNapoli meme

Hochul brings back an Albany tradition: The late, late budget ow.ly/Uvmn104Fk6x

“The housing plan demonstrated another theme — difficulty lining up coalitions of support prior to pushing a major issue, the same problem at the heart of Hochul’s failure to win confirmation in January of her chief judge pick.”
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conceptual deal on New York budget, including a ban on gas in new buildings starting in 2026

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NEW: Hochul and Dem leaders appeared to have reached a deal to revive 14 so-called zombie charter schools in NYC, per sources.

That had been largest outstanding sticking point in budget negotiations.

As budget talks wind down looks like tuition hikes will be cast aside in favor of increased operating aid for SUNY/CUNY. How much and out-of-state tuition are still on the table subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…