What N.Y. Lawmakers Have, and Haven't, Accomplished This Year

Jun 09, 2023 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    68% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"They also passed a bill to create a commission to study reparations for Black people, making New York the second state after California to undertake such an initiative, and were pushing to expand health care services for undocumented immigrants."
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14% Conservative
"It remains unclear if Ms. Hochul will sign the bill."
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4% Conservative
"Ms. Hochul has previously expressed support for some version of the bill, but has not said publicly whether she intends to sign or veto it."
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-8% Liberal
"Earlier this year, Ms. Hochul had proposed a broader housing plan to spur housing construction statewide, particularly in the suburbs, but it was opposed by lawmakers."
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-8% Liberal
"Ms. Hochul vetoed the bill after lawmakers first passed it last year, saying it was overreaching and had passed without a serious evaluation of its impact."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"In a rare joint statement, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the majority leader in the State Senate, and Carl E. Heastie, the Assembly speaker, said lawmakers had reached an agreement on legislation, but that Ms. Hochul was opposed to it."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Ms. Hochul said on Wednesday that she had not yet reviewed the new legislation."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Despite last-ditch efforts, Democrats in control of the State Capitol failed to introduce or pass legislation to tackle the state's affordable housing crisis, perhaps the most pressing issue on their policy agenda, leading to a public round of backbiting between lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul."
Negative
-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : They also passed a bill to create a commission to study reparations for Black people, making New York the second state after California to undertake such an initiative, and were pushing to expand health care services for undocumented immigrants.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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