Earlier this week, Albany lawmakers passed their 13th budget extender, funding the government through Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The state budget remains in limbo despite Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement earlier this month that she and the legislature had reached a \u201cgeneral agreement\u201d on a $268 billion budget, including changes to the state\u2019s climate law and auto insurance reform.<\/p>\n
However, during an interview on NY1\u2019s \u201cNews All Day,\u201d Democratic Queens State Sen. John Liu told NY1 anchor Shannan Ferry that a final budget deal could be close.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are starting to vote on the budget bills,\u201d Liu said. \u201cWe will be done by the middle of next week.”<\/p>\n
The state budget was originally due on April 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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