New York lawmakers pass ninth budget extender as 2026-27 deal nears
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Updated · Gothamist · May 6
New York lawmakers pass ninth budget extender as 2026-27 deal nears
7 articles · Updated · Gothamist · May 6
The roughly $260bn state budget is already more than a month late, and leaders said they hope to vote on a final plan next week.
Governor Kathy Hochul delayed fiscal talks while pressing policy priorities including car-insurance changes, limits on local cooperation with federal immigration agents and a partial rollback of the 2019 climate law.
If approved then, it would be New York's latest budget since 2010, reviving criticism of an opaque, governor-driven process that bundles major policy and spending decisions into budget bills.
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