A closer look at the state budget, and how it ended up the latest in 15 years

What’s in the 2025 New York State Budget? Here’s Everything You Need…

Nearly four months after Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her proposed budget, lawmakers yesterday passed a $254 billion final agreement — after having just a few days to comb through the thousands of pages of fine print and the hundreds of billions of dollars at stake for New Yorkers. The largest budget in state history came in a couple billion dollars higher than Hochul had proposed in January, but several billion less than the Senate and Assemb…

A closer look at the state budget, and how it ended up the latest in 15 years

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed the end product into law at a middle school in Johnson City.

Hochul signs state budget into law

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed New York’s state budget into law, more than a month past the April 1 deadline.

Hochul signs 2026 state budget into law at JC Middle School

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) - Governor Hochul was in Johnson City signing the state budget in front of middle schoolers before visiting the Oakdale Commons for a hot tea. The governor signed the 2026 state budget into law at Johnson City Middle School Friday morning. In her new budget, Hochul prioritizes mental health care, agriculture, the child tax credit, distraction free schools and more. She then sat down and listened to local leaders at…

State lawmakers pass budget

ALBANY — The New York state budget has passed – lawmakers in the state Assembly and Senate wrapped up voting on the $254 billion state spending plan late Thursday night.

New York's $254B budget faces shaky future amid federal uncertainty

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers said they’ll likely return to Albany later this year and reopen the state budget if federal funding drops.