Legislative Aggregator

Aggregating NYS Legislative rumors/information

[Nick Reisman @NickReisman]

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins will once again hold the role of acting lieutenant governor until there's a replacement

[Susan Arbetter @sarbetter]

NEWS -> "I have accepted Brian Benjamin's resignation effective immediately. While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as LG. New Yorkers deserve absolute confidence in their government..."

[Kate Lisa @KaitlynnLisa]

.@NYSComptroller weighs in on today’s passage of 2022-23 budget.

Warns of future “fiscal cliff” w/ new programs in spending plan w/o recurring federal aid or revenue.

“My office will analyze the final enacted budget and release a detailed analysis in the coming weeks,” he said.

[Dan Clark @DanClarkReports]

Good news for counties: the state budget will end the practice of diverting sales tax from counties to pay for state programs, @NYSCounties says.

[DoesNYHaveABudget @CanNYHasBudget]

Yes.

[Dan Clark @DanClarkReports]

The $220 Billion State Budget Has Passed Both Chambers
https://t.co/sGAgy9R8Yi

[NYStateWatch @NYStateWatch]

Legislative Budget work complete. That was a haul.

#NYBudget

[NYStateWatch @NYStateWatch]

Word is that the Senate will continue through and end a couple of hours past the initial plan somewhere in the 4 or 5 am hour. Initial plan was 2 am. The Assembly? … debate typically takes a lot longer per bill, and they’re behind the Senate by a few bills.

[NYStateWatch @NYStateWatch]

The Aid to Localities Appropriation is now available.

a9003c & d / s8003c & d

Still awaiting Capital Projects...

[NYStateWatch @NYStateWatch]

There are still two Appropriations that are not printed.

- Aid to Localities
- Capital Projects

[Zack Fink @ZackFinkNews]

Late state budget and lack of communication about what is in it leaves no one particularly happy as lawmakers vote on something they barely had time to read. https://t.co/NTko2i6Rs7

[Bill Hammond @NYHammond]

Inside baseball for New York Medicaid wonks:

Part PP of the HMH budget bill basically abandons the Health Department's long-stymied bidding process for fiscal intermediaries in the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program. https://t.co/NQvGUqLOQx

[Legislative Aggregator @Leggregator]

@mahoneyw @BrianBenjaminNY Both just having transitioned from the Senate to LG, no less

[Bill Mahoney @mahoneyw]

LG Paterson presided over the 2007 budget debate. I might be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that was the last time an LG presided on a budget vote before @BrianBenjaminNY this week

[Dan Clark @DanClarkReports]

Here's Some Of What's In the Big Ugly (ELFA)
https://t.co/sGAgy9R8Yi #LiveBlog

[Bill Hammond @NYHammond]

As expected, Albany's "big ugly" budget bill hikes the minimum wage for home care aides by $3 per hour or ~20% over the next 18 months.
https://t.co/JYmZczugm2

[Dan Clark @DanClarkReports]

Home care workers won't be getting a raise until Oct. 1, 2022. That's when their minimum wage will go up $2 above the minimum wage in their region of the state.

It'll go up another $1 on Oct. 1, 2023.

[Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY]

Want a NYC casino? You've got to get two-thirds approval from a community board consisting of appointees of the governor, mayor, local senator, local assemblyperson, local council member and borough president.

First thought: Good luck making that happen in Manhattan.

[Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY]

The budget includes a measure allowing public bodies to meet via videoconference for the next two years.

[Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre]

NEW: Gov. Hochul notched policy victories in the state budget that could play well with voters on the campaign trail.

But she did not emerge unscathed from the negotiations, straining relationships with left-wing lawmakers.

Analysis w/ @gr_ashford:
https://t.co/pLPz9gYOPv