How the New York State budget works
May 19, 2026
The budget is the state’s plan for how it will spend its money over the next year. It comprises thousands of pages of dense legal language.
The budget is the state’s plan for how it will spend its money over the next year. It comprises thousands of pages of dense legal language.
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The ban would be repealed on July 1, 2029, a few months after a new presidential administration would take office.
Republicans on Monday appealed a judge’s decision to throw out the lines of New York City’s only GOP-controlled House seat.
Republican candidate for governor of New York Bruce Blakeman met constituents in Sunset Park alongside Republican elected officials.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that his office would take legal action to block a Trump administration proposal that would allow foster care and adoption agencies to exclude LGBTQ families
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