Albany’s biggest battle of the year started in earnest last week, when the state Assembly and Senate released their counters ...

The compromise would reduce business taxes and raise the benefit level, but leave the program inadequately funded.

Tim Ruffinen, a spokesperson for Hochul’s budget team, said that the cut fits with the governor’s focus on affordability, ...

A peek behind the curtain of how our reporters were able to analyze hundreds of pages of complicated budget documents ...

Nonprofits form the backbone of the state’s social service sector, and they may be getting some overdue relief in this year's ...

The budget plans set up a fight with Governor Kathy Hochul, who did not propose substantial new investments at all.

They got tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to defend Andrew Cuomo against scandal. Now, they’re helping fund his comeback.

There is one new climate item that the legislature has aligned on: solar tax credits. The current $5,000 credit for ...

If you live in Brooklyn, Buffalo, or Long Beach, you might have heard it lately: the clatter of jackhammers as utility ...

Sweeney was once law chair of the Queens Democratic Party, as well as the campaign treasurer for the party chair during the ...

The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix ...

A unique element of the governor’s self-proclaimed “affordability agenda” is her idea of mailing checks of up to $500 ...