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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her fellow Democrats running the state Senate and Assembly missed yet another deadline to pass a state budget today, Raga Justin reports.
The legislature today passed the fifth extension of the state’s April 1 budget deadline, underscoring intraparty divisions over Hochul’s policies. The new stopgap runs through Wednesday.
Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie recently celebrated an initial agreement over a “pied-à-terre” tax on New York City properties owned by non-residents. But budget negotiations have otherwise stalled, with legislators hung up on Hochul’s bid to ...