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  • Mammoth $254B NY state budget revealed, goes up for vote: ‘Albany at its cynical worst’

    05/08/2025 6:56:26 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/07/2025 | Vaughn Golden and Matt Troutman
    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....