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State senator briefs Manhattan board on budget fights: mental‑health commitment, discovery and school phone rules
Summary
State Senator Brad Hoylman‑Sigal told Community Board 2 members the Legislature and governor were negotiating the budget and outlined priorities including involuntary commitment reform, discovery rules, mask regulations and a proposal to restrict cellphones in schools. He also listed Senate 1 House spending priorities for health and housing.
State Senator Brad Hoylman‑Sigal addressed Manhattan Community Board 2 at the March meeting to summarize the ongoing state budget negotiations in Albany and highlight several proposals he described as the governor’s priorities and areas of legislative negotiation.
Hoylman‑Sigal said four large policy topics were in play: changes to involuntary commitment standards for people in crisis, reforms to criminal discovery rules, a renewed mask regulation targeting people who use masks to conceal identity during unlawful acts, and a proposal to limit student use of cellphones in schools.
“I’m literally back from Albany an hour ago, but I wanted to come by and say hello and just update you on a budget: right now we’re in Albany negotiating the budget,” Hoylman‑Sigal told the…
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