Hopes in New York for Sunday budget deal

“The budget extender today includes full funding for critically important projects across the state, including $70 million to continue modernizing the State Fair and $2.15 million for essential drinking water upgrades for City of Auburn and Town of Owasco”, Cuomo said.

“It’s shameful that the governor and Assembly allowed politics to dominate the discussion and shift the focus from where it should have been – delivering a fiscally responsible budget that provides relief for our taxpayers and helps make NY more affordable for everyone”, state Sen.

Friday was the final day of the previous fiscal year, but voting on a new budget has already been delayed until Monday. Terrence Murphy, R-Yorktown, Westchester County, said. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) in The New York Times.

The emergency legislation, appropriating $40 billion, would keep government operating until May 31. Goodell said school districts are going to experience difficulties trying to develop a budget without knowing in advance how much state aid they’ll get.

But the unexpected two-month stop-gap measure drew sharp criticism even as legislators moved to adopt it.

On the Republican side, the Daily News reported that Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco of Syracuse was subverting the leadership of Majority Leader John Flanagan by leading a super-conservative faction akin to the House Freedom Caucus in Washington.

Cuomo said he has assurances from the leaders of the Assembly and the Senate that the temporary spending plan will pass by Monday afternoon, which he said was the deadline to avoid any government disruption.

The goal there is to increase the age of criminal liability to 18. Unprepared to manage the criminal justice system, poor New Yorkers lose their jobs, homes, and families while often languishing in pretrial detention because their lawyers don’t have the time or resources to work on their cases.

“We’re not looking at that”, Heastie said of the possibility of a shutdown.

Joseph R. Lentol, a veteran Brooklyn assemblyman who has been central to the chamber’s efforts to pass the measure, said on Sunday that some issues he believed had been settled were still vexing, including raising the eligibility age for youthful offender treatment – meaning that a defendant’s records are sealed.

Without an agreement, other issues hang in the balance: legalizing ride-hailing upstate, providing free SUNY tuition to income-eligible students and requiring local governments to share more services.

“I think he’s lost his focus”. They’re close to getting this budget done.

Cuomo, who had argued the Republican proposal pitched by Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence.to shift the costs back to Albany was an immoral, illegal and unfair attack on the state, offered the argument Thursday that the new law was not only possible but just.

The Democratic governor put out a lengthy statement late Sunday said that negotiations over the weekend failed to produce agreement on the budget.

The budget has been hung up on complex policy issues inserted into the talks by Cuomo.

Top lawmakers had expressed optimism that they could reach a deal before the late budget impacted state payroll and spending. Fifteen Senate Democrats voted against the extender presented by Cuomo, saying it will hurt the state.

The governor has not discussed the budget publicly since Tuesday, when he said “more than conceptual” deals had been reached on the budget’s major issues – a claim later contradicted by events.

Across town, another good-government researcher disagreed.