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Posted on 05/08/2025 6:56:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The bulk of the mammoth $254 billion state budget deal was unveiled Wednesday with some last minute self-serving quietly slipped into the batter before Albany lawmakers were set to finally vote on it.
The spending plan documents — nicknamed “The Big Ugly” in capital lingo — provide a last-minute, warts-and-all look at much-anticipated legislation focused on New York City’s mental health crisis, recidivism problems and more.
Gov. Kathy Hochul ran a victory lap Wednesday after a deal to revamp the state’s discovery laws — a move to combat a slew of criminal cases that have been getting dismissed on technicalities. The tweaks caused a weeks-long impasse on the overall mammoth budget deal.
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The mental illness problem stems from the recidivism rate of voters electing morons.
This whole budget needs to be made public. People want to see where the grift is going and who is behind it.
$322 billion.
Federal budget - close to $7 trillion.
wow
The amount of money governments budget/spend is just insane.
The prior year’s budget total was not indicated in the article. How much of an increase?
About $17 billion more.
And the more NYS depopulates, the higher are budgets soar.
Funny how that works.
...our budgets...
Are they spending like drunken socialists because they suspect that Stefanik might be coming in as Governor and ruin their whole party?
How much would kicking out the illegals cost/save? Could be interesting.
NYS population: 20 million. Budget: 237 Billion.
FL population: 23 million. Budget: 115 Billion.
Love my state.
Has Ron DeSantis indicated what he plans to do in 2026-2028?
Truly exceptional performance as Governor.
But, he completely flat lined as a Presidential candidate in 2024.
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