Review of the State Budget

Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Last week state lawmakers finally passed a state budget, which was due on April 1. Most of the holdup was due to various non-budget items that the Governor wanted included in the deal - rolling back discovery reforms, expanding involuntary commitment’ and criminalizing mask-wearing in public. Hochul and legislative leaders did eventually agree on compromises on these issues and then turned their attention to the actual budget itself. We discussed affordability, taxes, housing, education, and climate.