In a party-line vote, Assembly approves plan to patch over steep declines in government revenues by borrowing billions of dollars to pay current expenses.
Homestead benefits once accounted for $1 of every $15 the state spent. They're now $1 of every $135. Inflation pushes out tens of thousands of homes each year.
"Many hospitals see a 'revolving door' of gunshot injures, as patients who have been shot are at a very high risk of being violently reinjured and committing violent acts themselves," Assemblyman Lou Greenwald said.