Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a general agreement on the budget on Thursday morning, but Democratic state lawmakers are calling foul, arguing that major questions still need to be resolved.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie went so far as to tell reporters that he’s never approaching the budget process like this again. For more on the legislature’s grievances, we checked in with Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, a Brooklyn Democrat, who has pushed a constitutional amendment to change the budget process in Planet Albany.
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