State budget deal stalls in Albany

Budget deal or no budget deal? Depends who you ask.

Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a “general agreement” with lawmakers on the state budget – but Assembly Carl Heastie said that was “premature.”

State budget deal stalls in Albany

Sources told Spectrum News 1 that Gov. Hochul and her staff were preparing Tuesday and Wednesday for a possible announcement Wednesday evening.

Albany Approaches Peak Budget Mindfuck

The terminal phase of our state's absolutely demented budget process is normally marked by the governor proudly declaring during a victory-lap press conference that after a lot of negotiations, discussions, and some tough decisions, there is an "agreement" with the legislature on the budget. That's what Governor Kathy Hochul at least attempted to do this morning in Albany, when she presented the supposed "agreement" with state legislators: A pie…