Digging deeper into Hochul's budget ahead of next week's hearings

And prospective social workers would no longer have to take a required exam in this week's "On The Bill."

Good afternoon — it’s Wednesday and Hot Sauce Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• There’s a lot in the $252 billion budget Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed Tuesday. I dug through it to find some items I know will interest you.

• The Legislature has scheduled their joint hearings on Hochul’s budget. They start in just a few days.

• The Assembly has scheduled a hearing to look at New York’s MWBE program, which expires this year.

• On The Bill: Prospective social workers would have one less requirement to become licensed under this bill.

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(Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

🔎 What else we dug up in Hochul’s budget: fossil fuel data, human services COLA and more

“The hell is in the details,” Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie told reporters Tuesday after Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her executive budget.

You know what the real hell is? Rooting through the bills that make up Hochul’s budget proposal for the smaller items you probably won’t read about anywhere else.

That would be hell for other reporters. But this is CapCon. We’re built for this — literally. In three short weeks, we’ll hit the one-year mark for CapCon. 🎉

(Our 30-day free trial offer ends Friday! Get it while the getting is good.)