New York State Will have a Budget a Month Late…..

The New York Governor driven process WILL be approved by the states’ Democratic legislators….

But?

Things STILL need to be ironed out by Governor Kathy Hochal…..

 

New York State leaders have reached a handshake agreement on a $268 billion budget that will include funding to expand child care and a new tax on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday.

The spending plan, which comes more than five weeks after the April 1 deadline, will also include a raft of measures intended to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, including banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks.

Other major policy initiatives shoehorned into the budget include a weakening of the state’s climate goals and a cap on auto insurance payouts.

But the most significant change to fiscal policy will be the new tax surcharge on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City — a move that the governor supported despite her frequently stated aversion to raising taxes.

The tax on so-called pieds-à-terre comes as Democrats across the country are increasingly looking to increase taxes on the wealthy as a means of addressing the affordability concerns that remain top of mind for many voters ahead of the midterm elections….

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Despite agreements on several of Ms. Hochul’s policy priorities, there were still many details of the state’s spending plan that she will need to resolve before the Senate and Assembly can begin voting on the nine separate bills that make up the budget.

The immigration bill also forbids local law enforcement officials from entering formal cooperation agreements with ICE, and prohibits agents from searching New Yorkers’ homes, hospitals, churches and schools without a warrant signed by a judge…..

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Note….

Some media are fronting a threat by Trump’s Border guy Homan to NY to embrace mass deportation effort….

Hochul has countered this with a promise she says she has from Homan’s boss that there will be NO ICE mass deployment uncleless asked for….

Hochul will NOT be asking for anything….