Hochul says she’ll continue to ‘keep up the fight’ for the state’s budget

Progress being made on NYS Budget

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- The state budget is 15 days past due, but according to leaders, progress is being made on some key issues holding up the budget. Lawmakers returned to the capitol on Tuesday— a day originally scheduled to be a part of their two-week break. Another budget extender was passed which will go until Thursday.  "I think everyone’s expectations, we will be back on Thursday to pass another one because no one realistically thinks t…

Here’s where Gov. Hochul and lawmakers still don’t agree on NY state budget

The state budget is more than two weeks overdue, but Gov. Hochul says she doesn’t mind.

New York government only knows how to spend

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature’s all-Democrat majorities still can’t agree on a new state budget, but they’ve shown where they’re headed time after time over the past several years.

Hochul says she’ll continue to ‘keep up the fight’ for the state’s budget

The governor and state lawmakers have been at a standstill over how to spend upwards of $252 billion in a state budget since April 1.

Hochul’s ‘common sense’ push to close labor law loophole facing resistance as budget talks drag on

Since a court ruled in 2019 that businesses are now on the hook for back wages for the entire time they’re not paying a manual laborer weekly, companies have been facing the prospect of possibly millions of dollars in penalties.