Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to propose a budget that makes major investments into child care, increase spending on education and boosts the state’s commitment for health care, but without raising taxes.
How does that math work?
We consider how Hochul and her budget team will make the numbers add up in her executive proposal with the help of Rockefeller Institute of Government President Bob Megna. The former budget director talks about the state’s recent cash reports, which show revenues dramatically exceeding expectations, and considers how reserves might address future ambiguity.
Then we have another episode of “Know your Politicos,” with state Sen. Andrew Gounardes, a Brooklyn Democrat, squaring off against Assemblyman Alex Bores, a Manhattan Democrat.
