new york budget

Activists in New York State are pushing for Governor Kathy Hochul to include funding for immigrant and low-income communities in the state's fiscal budget.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a Tuesday deadline to release a budget proposal expected to address a looming $6 billion deficit fueled by soaring Medicaid costs.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has headed west to celebrate new state laws that make college more affordable and permit the upstate expansion of Uber and Lyft.

New York is set to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students. The tuition initiative is part of a new state budget approved Sunday by the state Senate, a day after the Assembly approved it.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers will soon begin several weeks of hearings on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $152 billion state budget proposal.

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

Friday, January 15th, 2016

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's comptroller says state tax collections reached $38.2 billion through the first half of the current fiscal year, almost $676 million higher than the latest projections.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A state Senate leader says New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are nearing a budget compromise — though big questions remain regarding education and ethics proposals.