It's Wednesday in New York, where raising taxes on the rich to pay for child care is politically popular.
It's also unnecessary, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who says New York's better-than-expected tax haul, mostly from Wall Street bonuses, has already given the state enough to fund her $260 billion spending plan.
But advocates for free child care, a key priority she shares with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, want to make sure the program is built with a reliable source of funding.
Police said a man was shot and killed yesterday inside a building in Dutch Kills, Queens, that contains supportive housing for formerly incarcerated women.
Without a centralized, comprehensive map to help navigate the underground labyrinth of pipes and utilities, unexpected findings have cost the city millions of dollars and years of delays.
The MTA stopped selling the vinyl swipe cards at the start of the year, replacing them with its new digital tap-to-pay OMNY system. But the Port Authority, which runs the city’s airports, is still lagging behind.
