State Budget Process Inches Forward with Voting on Bills

State budget process inches forward with voting on bills

Lawmakers approved the Education, Labor, Housing and Family Assistance, or ELFA, portion of the budget.

State lawmakers begin voting on budget legislation

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks to reporters about budget negotiations at the state Capitol on Wednesday May 20, 2026.(Samuel King / New York Public News Network)Public schools stand to receive an increase in state aid under a budget bill passed by legislators Wednesday.The legislation marked the first passage of a major budget bill seven weeks after the deadline. A noncontroversial debt service bill passed in late March.Foundation aid for …

Buttenschon Responds to the Passage of Budget Bill

Albany, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon (D-119) is announcing the legislature’s passage of the State’s Education, Labor, and Family Assistance (Article VII Budget Act, A.10006C). Passing the Assembly today, this new legislation will soon deliver investments in education, workforce development, housing, and family assistance for residents across New York State. “Today in Albany we passed our second out of a total of ten budget bill…

State budget; education bill printed, vote expected Wednesday

ALBANY — It’s been seven full weeks since the New York state budget was due, according to the state constitution, and on Wednesday the state’s lawmakers started to review and vote on some of the bills to enact the spending…