She’s in for the lengthy haul.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is keen to carry up the state’s spending plan “as long as it takes” to get her proposals on discovery and involuntary dedication handed within the face of stiff opposition, her funds chief stated Monday.
“Her principles out of this budget are steadfast and there are things that she just can’t compromise on,” state Funds Director Blake Washington stated.
“We’ll take as long as it takes to deliver.”
Washington’s feedback to reporters signaled that Hochul could possibly be gearing as much as battle lawmakers long gone Tuesday’s funds deadline — a not-uncommon incidence in Albany.
Final 12 months’s state funds was solely finalized on April 20.
And Hochul has held up the state funds over public security coverage earlier than.
In 2023, the spending plan was delayed till Could as Hochul pushed for incremental modifications meant to roll again components of New York’s bail legal guidelines that have been signed into regulation by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier than the coronavirus pandemic.
The delays are nonetheless a far cry from a few of Albany’s eras of peak dysfunction, which noticed spending plans punted to the summer season and fall earlier than receiving closing approvals.
This 12 months, lawmakers are scheduled to skip city for a two-week break coinciding with Passover starting April 11.
They’ll go with out pay till all the funds is handed.
Hochul and lawmakers additionally haven’t dominated out returning to Albany in a particular session later this 12 months — a prospect raised by the chance of cuts to state money being handed down from Washington, DC.
