New York State’s $200 billion budget is now six days overdue. North Rockland and Orange County state Senator James Skoufis last week said he was fearful that without a budget by yesterday, state employees wouldn’t get paid…
The New York Daily News said negotiators had gotten closer yesterday to an agreement, but voting on the bills could take several days. The New York Post says sticking points reportedly remain on two major issues, a plan to legalize mobile sports betting, and whether to give benefits to undocumented immigrants and former prisoners affected by the COVID pandemic but who weren’t eligible for federal stimulus checks or jobless aid.