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Lawmakers in Albany are in the final negotiations over this year’s state budget, and many are laser focused on the uncertain economic environment impacting not just New York, but the whole country. Elected officials and business leaders are evaluating different policy levers they can pull to help boost the economy and support working families across the state.
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As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.
The State Legislature appears ready to block plans to significantly expand housing in the city and suburbs.
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We are former housing commissioners for New York City and State. We know a housing crisis when we see one, and New York is suffering. We face a severe housing shortage that’s driving up costs for millions of residents across the state whose incomes are not keeping pace with rising rents and prices and causing an alarming number to leave altogether. Fewer people are choosing to move to New York — and it is difficult to blame them. We are simply too expensive.