Morning Headlines: City Allows Affordable Housing Rentals on Real Estate Websites, Governor Hochul and Lawmakers Reach Tentative Budget Deal, and Trump Administration Probes Ban of Long Island School’s Native American Mascot

New York City will allow affordable apartments to bypass the housing lottery and list vacancies directly on real estate sites like StreetEasy, in an effort to speed up the rental process. Meanwhile, Governor Hochul and state lawmakers have struck a tentative deal on the nearly $254 billion state budget, almost a month late. Plus, the Trump administration is investigating whether New York’s ban on Native American school mascots violates federal civil rights laws, with a Long Island school at the center of the dispute.