Local state lawmakers and their staffs are beginning the work of combing through the individual budgets submitted by the Assembly and Senate, comparing them with the governor’s and gearing up for the infamous deadline that’s just under three weeks away. Rockland’s New York State Senator, Republican Bill Weber of the 38th District, says a vote’s been slated for Thursday on the Senate plan…
Over in the Assembly, Rockland Assemblyman, Democrat Patrick Carroll of the 96th District, covering Clarkstown and parts of Haverstraw and Orangetown, is getting his first chance at taking on the state budget…
Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal comes out to just over $250 billion dollars. The deadline for the budget to be passed is April first. Last year’s budget was just over two weeks late.