More state budget details ahead of Hochul's expected announcement

Plus: Aid in dying is getting a floor vote, a new CDPAP lawsuit and more.

Good afternoon — it’s Monday, and Superhero Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• A state budget deal is imminent, but Hochul and lawmakers are still hammering out the financial side of the spending plan.

• Aid in dying, a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to be prescribed life-ending medication, is expected to get a floor vote in the Assembly.

• Lawmakers are making a last-minute push to get the Office of Gun Violence Prevention established in state law as part of the budget.

• The Legal Aid Society has filed a class action lawsuit against the company taking over New York’s CDPAP program after workers said they weren’t paid this month.

• There’s a lot happening at the Capitol tomorrow. Here’s the schedule.

Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Carl Heastie, Amy Paulin, Josh Jensen, Zellnor Myrie, Monique Chandler-Waterman, Public Partnerships, LLC

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The state budget was due April 1. We’re keeping you updated on negotiations around the spending plan.

Heastie on Monday (Dan Clark/Times Union)

💰 Everybody at the Capitol is itching for a budget deal

A state budget deal still hasn’t been announced but we learned a bit more Monday about what to expect in the final spending plan when it’s unveiled.

Gov. Kathy Hochul had been rumored to be planning a budget announcement for sometime today — but that, so far, hasn’t happened. If it does, I’ll send another CapCon later with details.

We do know that Hochul and lawmakers have largely moved beyond policy and are now focused on how much to spend and where to spend it. Believe it or not, allocating more than $252 billion is expected to be the easy part.

But as a result several items remain unresolved, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.