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ALBANY – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top lawmakers reached a deal Tuesday on a $212 billion state budget that will raise taxes on the wealthy, make benefits available to undocumented immigrants and legalize mobile sports betting in the state.
Cuomo and the legislative leaders announced the agreement Tuesday afternoon, with the Legislature expected to debate and vote on the spending plan well into the night and into Wednesday morning.
Budget negotiations took place at a time where Cuomo, who has historically resisted calls to raise taxes on the state level, is politically weakened by multiple scandals, including allegations of sexual harassment from multiple staff members.
Cuomo, lawmakers announce budget agreement New York State money (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | April 6, 2021 at 5:14 PM EDT - Updated April 6 at 5:44 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. (WWNY) - Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have announced an agreement on the state budget.
They said final budget accomplishes major legislative priorities, including:
A record $29.5 billion in aid to schools aid;
$29 billion in public and private green economy investments;
$2.4 billion for rent and homeowner relief;
$2.4 billion for child care;
$2.1 billion for excluded workers;
1 billion for small business recovery;
A first-in-the-nation plan to make broadband internet affordable;
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York lawmakers struck a deal Tuesday on a $2.1 billion fund that will provide assistance to jobless workers who were excluded from unemployment benefits during the pandemic, including undocumented immigrants.
The fund was announced as part of a broader $212 billion state budget agreement, though details about how it will be administered and who exactly it will include remained scarce Tuesday afternoon.
The agreement comes after activists held hunger strikes and march for the excluded workers fund. Several suburban lawmakers previously expressed concern that the effort may go too far.
Many undocumented immigrants have not received aid such as stimulus checks or federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic, even though studies show that they pay billions of dollars in taxes each year.
ALBANY â Senators and members of the Assembly on Tuesday persisted with hours of debate about taxing the rich, requiring nursing homes to spend 70% of revenue on patient care and other budget policies with the intent of passing the 2021-22 state spending plan six days late.
The stateâs historic $212 billion spending plan includes a provision to legalize mobile sports betting; a new program to map the stateâs availability and cost of high-speed internet services; $29.5 billion in school aid; $29 billion to grow the stateâs green infrastructure and economy; a $105 million expansion for full-day pre-Kindergarten in all public school districts; and $2.1 billion for benefits for excluded essential workers such as undocumented immigrants and people recently released from prison.