NYS budget

State senators and Assembly members started to pass the first budget bills on Monday. Details for many major spending items have still not been worked out.

Hochul introduced the ambitious plan to build 800,000 units when she introduced her budget in February, but legislative leaders say that didn't give them enough time to discuss it with local stakeholders.

The state budget is now nearly three weeks late and will not be completed this week. Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are planning to pass a fourth spending extender Thursday to get the state through the next few days.

Disagreement over more changes to the state's bail reform law are threatening to make this year's state budget late.

With two weeks before the state budget is due, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature have different ideas on how the spending plan should look, with the Senate and Assembly rejecting most of the governor's key items.

As the nation’s economic uncertainty continues, with a volatile stock market, higher gas prices and inflation, New York state’s budget forecast has also suffered a reversal of fortune.

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