New York State Budget

(Airs 05/02/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Republican Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay about the recently passed $237 billion state budget.

Municipalities across New York state are receiving an increase in unrestricted state aid for the first time in 15 years.

Cities and towns across New York are celebrating an increase in Aid to Municipalities funding in the new state budget.

Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a $237 billion state budget.

New York state lawmakers from Saratoga County say there’s still work to be done now that the budget is passed.

New York state lawmakers found compromise on so-called Good Cause Eviction legislation in the recently-signed state budget. It will be up to upstate communities to opt-in to the tenant protections.

(Airs 04/25/24 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with New York state Senator Liz Krueger about the recently passed $237 billion state budget.

The New York state legislature approved a budget over the weekend, about three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year. Legislators in the North Country have mixed opinions on the fiscal plan.

New York lawmakers have approved a $237 billion state budget that includes plans to spur housing construction, combat unlicensed marijuana stores and address the migrant crisis.

(Airs 04/19/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: State lawmakers start passing parts of the state budget more than two weeks after it was due, we’ll get the President of the Citizens Budget Commission to critique the budget process, and two congressmen seek additional remediation of PCBs from the Hudson River.