The just-passed spending bills actually mean $277 billion in outlays, not the $268 billion Gov. Kathy Hochul’s team originally claimed — and they knew the truth all along.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a roundtable discussion with community leaders and elected officials in Queens in response to federal immigration enforcement threats ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 11, 2026 in New York City.
“Apparently, Democrats had to pass the State Budget so they could find out what was in it”: So Ed Rau, the Assembly minority leader, slammedthat the just-passed spending bills actually mean $277 billion in outlays, not the $268 billion Gov. Kathy Hochul’s team originally claimed. The stealth spike stunned everyone else — and there’s absolutely no doubt Hochul & Co. knew the truth all along.
After all, the money to cover the extra spending will come from a federal fund, and the feds OK’d the move as early as March 20. More, the added outlays are mostly to provide health coverage to illegal migrants, spending that infuriates lots of New Yorkers. Bigger problem: The feds cover the added spending only through December 2028; after that, the Empire State must come up with the cash, and Hochul offers no clue of how Albany will find it.
“What’s crystal clear is that despite very strong revenues, the State squandered the opportunity to stabilize its fiscal future,” fumes Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein. “It layered billions of dollars of spending on top of a base it already could not sustain. ” Indeed, the whole budget is out of whack — facing a $32 billion cumulative cash shortfall through 2030.
And all this at a time when the economy is strong; what happens when it turns south and revenues fall off?
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