It took some last-minute assurances from Speaker Mike Johnson, but the House on Thursday voted to move ahead with the “big, beautiful bill.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are secretly moving to ratchet up taxes once more, hitting large companies via the payroll mobility tax to raise $2 billion for the always cash-strapped MTA.

Mayor Eric Adams joined teachers-union boss Mike Mulgrew to cheer the hiring of 3,700 new teachers to “give schools the ability to create smaller classes.”