Housing & Homelessness

Albany housing deal falls apart as Heastie, Stewart-Cousins say they can’t reach agreement with Hochul

By Ben Brachfeld

Posted on June 8, 2023

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Any hope of substantive housing policy coming out of Albany this year is all but dead, after Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins announced that they had reached a deal themselves but couldn’t get Governor Kathy Hochul on board.

Heastie and Stewart-Cousins, who each control Democratic supermajorities in their respective chambers, said on Thursday — officially the final day of the state legislative session — that they had reached a consensus of sorts on a broad housing program that would enact, among other things:

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Albany housing deal falls apart as Heastie, Stewart-Cousins say they can’t reach agreement with Hochul

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