Governor Hochul, lawmakers struggle to strike NY budget deal

New York lawmakers agreed to pass a short-term spending bill Monday to ensure state workers get paid this week after officials failed to reach a broader budget agreement with Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The state’s fiscal year began Friday, but Hochul and lawmakers were unable to get a roughly $216 billion spending plan in place as they sparred over weighty issues like criminal justice reform, New York City casinos and a proposed $600 million state subsidy for a new football stadium for the Buffalo Bills.

The talks are happening entirely behind closed doors, as has long been tradition in New York’s secretive budget process where major, multi-billion-dollar decisions are hashed out by the governor, the leader of the Senate and the speaker of the Assembly.

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