Borrello: Hochul Was Premature in Announcing Conceptual Budget Deal
4/18/2024 2:29:50 PM
By Greg Larson, News Director
Although Governor Kathy Hochul announced a conceptual agreement on a state budget earlier this week, work continues in Albany on getting the final spending plan in place. In fact, a local state lawmaker has indicated that the Governor's announcement appeared to have caught legislative leaders by surprise. State Senator George Borrello says Hochul made a mistake by announcing the agreement when she did...
George Borrello: Hochul's announcement was premature
While the $237 billion spending plan has not yet been completed, the Sunset Bay Republican believes it will have a lot of things that New York doesn't need and "virtually none of the things it does"...
George Borrello: will not translate to better services
Borrello adds that budget bills were reportedly set to be printed Wednesday evening, but that process apparently get delayed when a cyberattack occurred.