What Hochul's budget will and won't show us Tuesday
And the latest development in the aftermath of Robert L. Brooks' death at Marcy.
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In today’s CapCon:
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget is set to be unveiled Tuesday. Here’s what we expect to learn from the legislation that will make up the spending plan.
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The death of Robert L. Brooks at Marcy Correctional Facility in December is prompting new changes.
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🔎 What we will and won’t find out Tuesday in Hochul’s budget
Gov. Kathy Hochul is scheduled to release her executive budget Tuesday.
The current state budget has a projected price tag of $237 billion and funds the state through the end of March. That gives Hochul and lawmakers 10 weeks from Tuesday to strike a deal. No pressure.
The State of the State is more fun. Government leaders from across New York convene to hear a big speech filled with the hopes and dreams of the state’s sitting executive. There were also several musical performances this year.
The executive budget is like the second clause of a sentence. The governor can dish out a bunch of ideas in the State of the State but the budget tells the real story.
That’s because the legislative language behind Hochul’s spending and policy agenda is written into 10 incredibly dense budget bills that are then used as the foundation for negotiations.
It’s in those bills that we’ll find the details of Hochul’s proposals and how they would work. But we won’t find everything.
🚉 What we won’t find in Hochul’s budget
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