Budget
Here are the highlights from the spending plan unveiled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
Legislators, advocates and the Cuomo administration are girding for a multi-front tilt in the weeks before the governor has to present his budget in January.
GOP-led Senate would likely mean less COVID-19 relief funding.
De Blasio says long-term borrowing and union concessions are needed, but some experts and elected officials think there are other options.
Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are likely to face some of the worst revenue shortfalls among major cities in the country.
Legalizing recreational marijuana is unlikely this year, and wouldn’t provide immediate fiscal relief.
The details are slim, but the state has options as it waits on the feds.
To protect New York’s access to federal aid, those cuts could be delayed.
Even before the coronavirus, Stewart-Cousins and Heastie were losing ground to the governor.
The coronavirus crisis has a lot to do with it.
