State Budget $9B More than Originally Cited

State budget $9 billion more than cited

New York is planning to spend $277 billion to fund government operations for the next year, $9 billion more than officials said was included in the state budget passed last month.

POLITICS: Hochul’s $9 billion surprise leaves New York facing a fiscal cliff

“Apparently, Democrats had to pass the State Budget so they could find out what was in it”: So Ed Rau, the Assembly minority leader, slammed the after-the-fact revelation that the just-passed spending bills actually mean $277 billion in outlays, not the $268 billion Gov. Kathy Hochul’s team originally claimed. The stealth spike stunned everyone else — and there’s absolutely no doubt Hochul & Co. knew the truth all along. After all, the money to …

State budget $9B more than originally cited

New York is planning to spend $277 billion to fund government operations for the next year, $9 billion more than officials said was included in the state budget passed last month.

Enacted state budget roughly $9 billion more than initially announced

The state released the enacted budget financial plan that placed the total price tag at over $277 billion – about $9 billion higher than the $268 billion total Gov. Kathy Hochul announced in mid-May. According to the financial plan, which the state put out Wednesday afternoon, the difference came “almost entirely due to a $10 billion upward adjustments to estimated Federal spending.” In other words, the total budget has grown, but that’s thanks …

New York state budget grows $9 billion since Hochul’s victory lap

Gov. Kathy Hochul poses with a ceremonial bill commemorating the passage of the state budget. Officials say a change in accounting for federal aid drove the increase [ more › ]

Hochul’s budget is almost $9B larger than she claimed as Dems blasted for not knowing ‘what was in it’

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget plan is almost $9 billion larger than her office claimed, bringing the already record-high and months-late spending plan to an eye-watering $277 billion.