Hochul drops budget Financial Plan, addiction services cuts restored
Plus: Hochul issues pardons and commutations.
Good afternoon — it’s Friday and National Road Trip Day.
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024
TODAY’S CAPCON:
The Hochul administration dropped the Financial Plan for the recently passed state budget this afternoon.
N.Y.’s addiction services agency is restoring a cut that wound up in the final budget.
Hochul issues pardons and commutations.
🔨 Is Tuesday a Session Day? Yes.
🌞 Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Clear, low 50s. New York City: Mostly clear, low 60s. (National Weather Service)
❗ CapCon Note: Monday is a federal holiday, so you won’t find an edition of CapCon in your inbox that day. We’ll start back on Tuesday.
And I know many of you will either be on the road or checked out for the long weekend, so we’re going to keep today’s CapCon brief. Have a great weekend!
- Dan
💵 Hochul admin drops Financial Plan on enacted budget
💰 It’s a 445-page document dropped on a Friday afternoon of a federal holiday weekend. Is something in there?
Would you like some light reading for your three-day weekend?
If you said yes, Gov. Kathy HOCHUL must have read your mind. The state Division of Budget released the Financial Plan for this year’s enacted state budget Friday.
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