Lawmakers’ new $212 billion budget “makes New York State better for all” Schools to get record $29.5b in aid; and nursing homes, green initiatives, excluded workers to benefit, as well New York’s wealthiest residents and companies will pay more in taxes to help their less fortunate neighbors. And the agreement could not come at a better time. Legislators struggled to come to an agreement of $212 billion budget deal with focusing on key “people-Focused” priorities: school aid, rent relief, small business recovery and nursing home reforms. It also focuses on pandemic response and recovery. NYS Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie and NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins