New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a conceptual budget agreement, six days past the date the budget was due. The total budget for FY 2023 is currently estimated at around $220 billion, based on a preliminary assessment of the negotiated changes to the Executive proposal. This Hochul’s first budget as governor and only one before the election in […]
Multi-State Agreement Signed with Major Hydrogen Ecosystem Partners to Propose a Regional Clean Energy Hydrogen Hub
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York has signed a multi-state agreement, including with an initial group of 40 hydrogen ecosystem partners, to develop a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean energy hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs […]
How do Violations Impact Small Businesses? New York City Wants to Know
On January 4, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced Executive Order 2 also known as Small Business Forward. The Executive Order builds upon Local Law 80 and calls on the Department of Buildings, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Sanitation, Fire Department, Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene […]
Updates to the Stipulated Fine and Commercial Abatement Programs
Beginning May 2nd, 2022, New York City is raising the discounted fines for certain New York City parking tickets issued to companies enrolled in the stipulated fine and commercial abatement programs. The return of in-person hearings is welcome news for commercial firms, who have been barred from having their parking tickets adjudicated live in person […]
Mayor Adams Economic Recovery Blueprint
As New York City looks to recover from the last two devastating years caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayor Eric Adams laid out an ambitious economic recovery blueprint. The plan seeks to reinvigorate and reimagine New York City so that it cannot just survive a post Covid world but thrive. The plan focuses on five […]