Kate Lisa reports for New York State of Politics that state legislators return to Albany on Jan. 3 to start the latest legislative session. Lisa reports there are five major issues: Legislators will wrestle with a projected $4.3 billion budget deficit this year; an affordable housing crisis and busloads of migrants constantly arriving in the state; redistricting; and the relationship between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislators. Hochul recently vetoed a slew of bills the legislature passed and said, "We can get to fewer vetoes, but let's have more common sense involved in the process of developing the legislation." Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said, "I don’t agree with her assessment, but I also say this: Then I hope that means we won’t see any policy in the budget because the policy she put forth in her budget, there was no hearing … when she proposed it to us." Read more about this story in New York State of Politics.