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New York State Consolidated Funding Application Now Open With Available Funding from 30 Programs. Councils Will Update Strategic Plans to Reflect Regional Strengths and Priorities. New Competition Will Award Three Regions with $10 Million Each for Implementing Creative Solutions to Statewide Challenges. New Micro Programs Will Award Capital Grants to Craft Beverage Manufacturers and Non-Profit Organizations ...

Agreement Reached To Provide Greater Discretion for Judges To Set Bail for the Most Serious Crimes; Includes $772 Million to Address Gun Violence, Reduce Recidivism, and Support Criminal Justice System in Pandemic Recovery. Governor Keeps Promise to New Yorkers: No Income Tax Increases for FY 2024 Budget, $1 Billion Plan Will Fix New York State’s Continuum of Mental Health Care ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an agreement to address key priorities in the Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Budget. This bold and fiscally responsible plan makes historic investments in communities across the state and makes New York more affordable, more livable and safer. 'I promised New Yorkers we’d make our state more affordable, more livable and safer, and this budget delivers on that promise,' Governor Hochul said ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Ostroff Associates, a premier New York State government relations firm based in Albany, today announced the hire of Senior Vice Presidents Dan Fuller and Amy Kramer. Dan Fuller has worked in the legislative and public policy arenas in New York State and in Washington D.C. for over 20 years. Fuller, a policy expert in the field of public and higher education, joins the firm following ...

Citywide Digital and Print Vaccination Campaign Launches to Encourage New Yorkers to Get Vaccinated and Boosted. NYC Businesses Encouraged to Promote Vaccines, Boosters and Put in Place Own Policies as Private-Sector Mandate Becomes Optional Beginning November 1. Parents Encouraged to Vaccinate, Boost Children Students as Vaccines Becoming Optional for Participation in Sports, Extracurricular Activities Effective Immediately ...

On August 24, 2021 Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York’s 57th Governor. The first woman to ever lead the Empire State, she hit the ground running to usher in a new era for New York and deliver results. At the start of her governorship, New York was facing significant challenges: the COVID-19 Delta variant was spreading, schools were working on plans to get children back in school ...

Governor Hochul today signed the groundbreaking, first-in-the-nation Green CHIPS legislation (S.9467/ A.10507) aimed at creating jobs, kick-starting economic growth and maintaining important environmental protections while making New York a hub for semiconductor (also known as “chips”) manufacturing. Green CHIPS will help New York capitalize on a historic opportunity to attract chip manufacturers to the state ...

Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the groundbreaking on a $189 million affordable housing development in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. Starhill Phase I will feature 326 affordable apartments, including 200 homes with supportive services for individuals experiencing homelessness. “This development will provide safe, stable homes for more than 300 residents ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of the $20 million Jawonio campus in New City, Rockland County. The project consisted of the relocation of Jawonio’s summer education facility and construction of a new 70,000 square foot facility for corporate offices and a new Workforce Training Center. As part of this project, the organization has committed to creating 230 new jobs ...