ALBANY — Three years ago, the world’s largest producer of beef promised to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the company, saying it will fall short of the goal. At this point, ...
Read More »Amid criticism, Hochul orders review of Office of Cannabis Management
ALBANY — The current commissioner of the state Office of General Services will undertake a month-long assessment of the much-criticized Office of Cannabis Management, an audit that comes as the three-year-old agency faces a host of legal troubles and widespread criticism ...
Read More »Counties face lawsuits as N.Y. reexamines property tax foreclosures
ALBANY — Like most other states, New York has long allowed county governments to foreclose on property owners who had failed to pay their taxes — among the highest in the country — to satisfy the unpaid levies. State law had also allowed ...
Read More »Higher ed tuition assistance expanded in one-house budgets
ALBANY — Debate over the cost of higher education for New Yorkers is ratcheting up as budget negotiations intensify at the Capitol this month. The “one-house” budgets recently put forth by the Senate and Assembly propose significant expansions to New ...
Read More »NYC can limit sheltering of a fifth of state's adult migrants
ALBANY — New York City can curtail its sheltering of adult migrants who do not have children under a settlement agreement on its “right to shelter” obligation that it reached with the Legal Aid Society on Friday afternoon. While the ...
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