How far away is New York from universal free child care?
"I want to partner with the legislature put our State on a pathway toward universal child care," Governor Kathy Hochul said ...
Not just $1,400 IRS stimulus checks: these states are paying as much as $725 in tax relief
Besides the IRS sending out the remaining stimulus payments there are a couple states where certain residents will see some ...
N.Y. Gov. Hochul’s ‘BABY Benefit’ would provide $1.2K to struggling New Yorkers building families
The BABY benefit is just one of various proposals in Hochul’s budget designed to aid child-rearing New Yorkers, including an ...
Good news with the CTC with up to $1,000 refund: if you live in this state, you get an increase in the Child Tax Credit
New York families could see a financial boost with changes to the Child Tax Credit, promising relief for households across ...
Hochul's 'smooth sailing' budget proposal: Funding for popular issues, no big risks
Some lawmakers say the governor is trying to raise her lagging polling numbers ahead of 2026, when she would be up for ...
The Daily Dirt: Hochul backs tax credit for businesses moving to outerboroughs
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to extend REAP and create a new program (with a new acronym).  As part of her executive budget, the governor pitched extending the city’s Relocation and Employment Assistance ...
Opinion
Hochul's budget proposal is unaffordable
There is one piece of genuinely good news: Hochul wisely has built up the state’s reserves, which now amount to more than $21 billion. Those rightly are put aside for a “rainy day” — a downturn, ...