Hochul has 10(ish) days to decide these 53 bills, State Ed can penalize nonpublic schools, court says

Plus: traffic deaths are up since the pandemic, a new report says.

Good afternoon — it’s Thursday, and National Onion Day. 🧅

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024

TODAY’S CAPCON:

• 53 bills are on Hochul’s desk for consideration. Here’s what they are.

• An appellate court ruled Thursday that the state Education Department can penalize nonpublic schools over standards.

• Traffic deaths are up since the pandemic, a new report says.

• Thursday Reads and Bills Passed But Pending.

☀️ Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Mostly clear, low 50s. New York City: Mostly clear, high 60s. (National Weather Service)

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(New York Governor’s Office)

🤔 Hochul has 10 days to decide these 53 bills

🖋️ Two of those bills are significant but most are either specific to a member’s district, extend current law or make technical changes.

Gov. Kathy HOCHUL has until the end of the year to make a decision on 685 pieces of legislation. 

• Almost all of those were rammed through both chambers in the final three weeks of the legislative session.

It’s a lot to get through but slightly less than what Hochul was handed last year when she acted on 754 bills between the end of session and the new year.

• About a third of those bills were acted on in November and December, records show.

That process has now begun: 53 pieces of legislation were sent to Hochul Wednesday for her consideration. She has until July 8 to act on them before they automatically become law — 10 days excluding Sundays.

• A link to the full list of the bills is at the bottom of this section.

Most are either extensions of current law or local bills, like one about health care at the Ironman Lake Placid or another to increase the occupancy tax in Yonkers.

(Will Waldron/Times Union)

✒️ But other bills would have a significant impact.

Two bills sent to Hochul would change the state’s education system and strengthen legal rights for some survivors of sexual assault.