New York’s governor unveiled her spending plan for the next fiscal year yesterday in Albany. Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget is projected at $252 billion, up 3.6 percent, but with state revenue collection up six percent since last year, Hochul says income taxes will stay flat, Hochul said the state is in good fiscal shape…
Rockland State Senator Bill Weber of the 38th District says once the budget does get passed by the April first deadline, he’s hopeful taxes won’t need to be raised…
Hochul said her budget also puts another $5 million into the beleaguered Office of Cannabis Management to hire new enforcement personnel, in an effort to crack down on unlicensed sales of pot. Assemblyman Chris Eachus of the 99th District, covering Stony Point and parts of Orange County, says OCM needs the help…
The proposal includes $25 million to plan and design improvements to rail service in the Hudson Valley. The budget is due April first. Last year’s budget wasn’t approved until about three weeks after the deadline.