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In today’s CapCon:
We thought the state budget would be wrapped up by the end of next week. That may no longer be the case, lawmakers said Thursday.
We have updates on mayoral control, electric school buses and health coverage for Essential Plan enrollees in the state budget.
Democrats are considering approving more than one redistricting measure this year to give their future colleagues a wider menu of options.
The New York City Council would have the power to reject family and city criminal court judges chosen by the mayor under a newly introduced bill in Albany.
All three Democrats vying for their party’s nomination for state comptroller in June are now getting on the airwaves.
A bill that would give the state more power to fire correction officers accused of certain misconduct has undergone amendments.
Names in today’s CapCon: Carl E. Heastie, Michael Gianaris, Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, Amy Paulin, Gustavo Rivera, Micah Lasher, Joe Morelle, Raj Goyle, Thomas P. DiNapoli, Drew Warshaw, Luis Sepulveda, Robert L. Brooks, Julia Salazar, Yudelka Tapia
Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie (Timothy Fanning/Times Union)
💸 Uncertainty remains around when lawmakers will finish voting on this year’s state budget
Democrats in the state Legislature still aren’t sure if they’ll finish — or even start — voting on the nine remaining bills that make up the state budget next week.
Lawmakers left the state Capitol Thursday after approving a 12th state budget extender that runs through Monday, when a 13th will be due. They don’t expect to have budget bills ready to pass by then.
“I’m hoping we can get this wrapped up, I’d say, actually passing bills by the middle of, to the end, of next week,” Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie said Thursday after his chamber approved the extender.
He was more optimistic than state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris. I asked him what the chances are that they’ll finish voting on the state budget next week after his chamber passed the extender Thursday.
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