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Access to abortion pills could soon be guaranteed for students at public colleges and universities across New York State, after the New York State Assembly
The Senate and Assembly on Tuesday released their annual budget resolutions, responding to Gov. Kathy Hochul's $227 billion spending proposal unveiled last month. They rejected the bulk of Hochul’s strategy to increase housing production statewide, while entertaining eviction protections the governor has ducked.
While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word 'cellar' is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to most property owners, but they're different under zoning and dwelling laws, and excluding cellars from the state's plan would omit a significant swath of below-grade housing stock from potential conversion, advocates say.