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An agreement has been reached on a New York State budget, nearly one week after the deadline, with voting on bills expected to begin Thursday night and wrap up sometime on Friday. The agreement includes some changes to the state’s bail laws, the renewal of a popular pandemic-era rule that allows restaurants to serve alcoholic drinks to go, and a temporary halt to the state’s gas taxes.

The agreement includes some changes to the state’s bail reform laws, the renewal of a popular pandemic-era rule that allows restaurants to serve alcoholic drinks to go and a temporary halt to the state’s gasoline taxes.

The new plan includes changes to bail reform laws, the state ethics commission, and an extension of permits to sell alcoholic drinks to go.

The budget is expected to be beyond $216 billion.

The budget is expected to be beyond $216 billion.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul defended giving the Buffalo Bills he $850 million in taxpayer funds to build new stadium, despite the fact that the team is owned by oil and gas billionaire Terry Pegula.

Excluded workers march toward a final push for $3 billion ask in state budget, despite...

Currently, the reserve has $3 billion in it.

Fiscal watchdog groups warned that the final budget should not spend more than the governor has proposed.

The New York State Assembly and Senate began passing their versions of the state budget Monday – and both houses, led by Democrats, propose spending more than $6 billion above Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s spending plan.