With the budget several days late, a local state lawmaker says it’s deja-vu all over again. GOP Assemblyman Karl Brabenec of the 98th district, covering western Ramapo and parts of Orange County, says with a decade of experience in Albany, the notion of having an on-time budget is rare indeed. Brabenec says having policy issues be part of the budget process doesn’t help matters, nor does excluding the minority party from negotiations…
Meanwhile, CBS 6 in Albany reported the legislature’s been sent home for the weekend with another extension in place, and Governor Kathy Hochul said she has no time frame for the budget negotiations to come to an end.