ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) \u2013 New York lawmakers have approved a temporary budget extension after missing the state\u2019s April 1 deadline.<\/p>\n
The measure, signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul, keeps the government funded through April 7, ensuring that state employees are paid and that services continue without interruption.<\/p>\n
Budget negotiations between the governor and legislative leaders are ongoing, with several key issues <\/a>still unresolved. Those include proposed changes to car insurance laws, school aid, taxes on high earners, and potential adjustments to the state\u2019s 2019 climate law.<\/p>\n State leaders say the delay is not unusual and reflects ongoing efforts to reach a final agreement. Governor Hochul has said she is focused on delivering a budget that addresses affordability concerns for New Yorkers.<\/p>\n Republican lawmakers, however, have criticized the delay, saying there is a lack of urgency in meeting the deadline.<\/p>\n Negotiations are expected to continue in the coming days as lawmakers work toward a final spending plan.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0State Budget<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Governor Kathy Hochul<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Affordability agenda<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) \u2013 New York lawmakers have approved a temporary budget extension after missing the state\u2019s April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33751,895,9,11,10,4281],"class_list":{"0":"post-181875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affordability-agenda","9":"tag-governor-kathy-hochul","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-state-budget"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}