NY State Budget Expected to be Late As Negotiations Continue in Albany
ALBANY — New York lawmakers are expected to miss the state’s budget deadline as negotiations over housing and education funding remain ongoing, a top official said Wednesday.
The due date for adopting a new state budget is April 1, but legislators are set to give themselves an extension early next week that will keep the government functioning while talks continue, Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins told reporters.
“We’re at the middle of the middle,” Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, said at a news conference in Albany.