One was bail reform, or should I say, kind of scaling back the bail reform measures that were originally approved in 2019. In New York State, the governor has the ability not only to put forward a spending plan, which is primarily what the budget is, but also to include many policy issues that some of which don't really have much to do with the fiscal realities of the state much at all and there were two in particular that really slowed down this process. One, broadly it's because there was a lot of policy in this budget. To begin with, this budget was more than a month late. For analysis, we speak with WNYC capitol reporter Jon Campbell. But Hochul’s ambitious housing plan fell off the table. The budget also includes a crackdown on illegal cannabis shops, and it will allow 22 more charter schools. The $229 billion package agreed to by Governor Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats who control the legislature includes changes to bail reform laws, the minimum wage, and new requirements to shift people to clean energy. Webmaster Note: There is a PDF version for each MS Excel file for device compatibility.It happened more than a month behind schedule, but New York state has a new budget. In addition, estimate revenues are compared to actual revenues for
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