State Senate Session Ends This Week — Sadik-Khan + Hartzog MTA Confirmation Clock Ticks; Mamdani Press Office Confirms Approval Needed Before End-of-Session for Board Seats

State Senate scheduled to gavel out this week. Mamdani's Jun 2 nominations of Janette Sadik-Khan and Melanie Hartzog to fill two open MTA Board seats require Senate approval before adjournment to seat them this cycle; otherwise they wait until January. Sadik-Khan would be the first Bloomberg-era DOT chief back at the table; Hartzog brings de Blasio-era budget muscle. Vote watch on the busway-restart fight and the World Cup transit-package votes coming this fall.

• keptPied-à-terre tax on $5M+ second homes
• brokenCorporate tax hike ($1.75B/year)
• brokenDouble DCWP budget to $135M
• brokenIncrease Human Rights Commission funding to $21M

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