The New York State Assembly passed major budget bills Thursday night and today, including the aid to local governments and the capital appropriations bill for state-funded infrastructure projects. Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle of Irondequoit says they should finish their work on the budget today. Meanwhile, State Senate Republican Leader John DeFrancisco told reporters in […]
Governor Cuomo says approval of New York’s delayed state budget has hit another snag…and once again, it’s with his “Raise the Age” plan to stop prosecuting 16-and-17-year-old lawbreakers as adults. Cuomo reached a compromise with the State Senate on Tuesday to continue treating violent teenage crime as adult crime, particularly if guns or sexual crimes […]
Governor Cuomo and the top leaders of the State Senate and Assembly haven’t been able to reach agreement on a 2017 state budget, which was due on April 1st. So they’ve agreed to temporarily extend the current budget until May 31st to prevent a New York government shutdown. The governor says Assembly and Senate leadership […]