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Hochul wants earlier release for prisoners serving time for violent offenses in budget deal: sources
According to sources familiar with the talks, Hochul wants to allow some violent offenders to be eligible for the merit time program – which currently allows non-violent offenders to get time off ...
Stefanik, a Trump Ally, Might Run Against Gov. Hochul Next Year
Representative Elise Stefanik, a six-term congresswoman, has talked with Republicans about a 2026 bid for governor of New ...
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NY Discovery Laws Must Change To Protect Domestic Violence Survivors, Gov. Hochul Says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her push to revise the state’s discovery laws after a new series of state ...
Hochul, DAs say NY discovery law deal is ‘very, very close’ in budget breakthrough
Let’s make a whatever-you-call-it. Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledged Wednesday that lawmakers had reached a breakthrough in ...
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Kathy Hochul wants these laws changed before passing NY's $250 billion budget
The budget, slated to clock in at over $250 billion, is two weeks past its April 1 deadline (not an unusual occurrence in New ...
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Governor Hochul launches program to give unserved NYS locations internet
New York State is investing $1 billion to ensure every New Yorker can access reliable, affordable high-speed internet.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul still publicly silent on state’s mask crackdown proposal
The proposal, which falls short of the ban that had been in place for decades pre-COVID-19, is effectively dead, state ...
Prison guards indicted in connection to inmate's beating death, NY governor says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said a grand jury indicted multiple state correctional officers who were involved in the March 1 ...