Budget
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.
Now comes the time to see if lawmakers can keep Cuomo from getting his way on a variety of proposals.
