NYS Budget

New York’s fiscal year is nearly half over and the state budget remains billions of dollars out of balance, largely due to the effects of the COVID-19…

The New York State Comptroller says the state’s revenues are plunging, along with the stock market, and that spells a difficult time ahead for the New…

New York’s governor and legislature are touting progress in higher education funding in the just-passed state budget. An overall investment of $7.6…

In February, Adirondack interests raised concerns about a proposal in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget that would shift how New York pays property taxes to…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three-quarters of a billion dollars, or around 3 percent from last year, but…

New York state Assemblyman D. Billy Jones began his first term this month representing Clinton and Franklin counties and three towns in St. Lawrence…

State lawmakers with disabled children rallied Monday at the state capitol in Albany, along with developmentally disabled people and their caregivers, for…

Legislative leaders in Albany say they hope to have final agreements on the state budget by evening, and print bills Tuesday night, to begin voting on…

Environmental activists in New York say there are some good items in the just passed budget package. But they are displeased with how state leaders have…

Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers are coming down the homestretch in the budget negotiations for the fiscal year starting April 1st. The budget…