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Friday, April 9, 2021 - 1:18 pm New York State Senators Joseph Griffo, R-I-C-Rome and Patty Ritchie, R-I-C-Heuvelton, both released statements this week critical of the recently passed 2021-22 state budget. Griffo released the following statement: “While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a number of challenges, the budget negotiated by the legislative majorities contains historic levels of spending that, on top of a significant infusion of federal funding, will lead to potential problems in the future related to the long-term sustainability of such funding levels. For th...

( Albany, NY) Today, the Senate Majority will pass its one-house budget resolution that delivers emergency aid to help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and invests in a brighter, more equitable future by fully funding essential services and putting more money in the pockets of working and middle-class families. The Senate resolution increases total school aid by $5.7 billion, provides billions in residential and commercial rental and foreclosure assistance, restores critical funding to our health care system, and jumpstarts our economy with investments in transportation and small b...

Observer-Dispatch More than four years after a voter referendum required the city to spend $5 million annually on street repairs, the Utica Common Council is weighing a second consecutive year of reduced spending.  During its Jan. 20 meeting, the council discussed legislation to cut street repair spending to $3 million. Last year, the city budget approved $3 million on street repairs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The pandemic remains a concern, as the city administration warned the council of possible shortages in materials to complete $5 million worth of work, including mill and pave, str...

ALBANY — State lawmakers questioned leading transportation officials Tuesday in the first of several hearings about the proposed 2021-22 budget after requests from localities for years to increase state funding to improve local streets and highways. The joint state Legislature commenced 13 days of bi-cameral hearings Tuesday on the state’s proposed $192.9 billion 2021-22 spending plan. State officials project a $39 billion revenue loss over four years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, including losses of $11.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2021 and $9.8 billion in FY 2022. New York’s ...

As Cuomo Banks on Federal Funds, Localities Grow Nervous New York counties face spending cuts totalling $163 million from school districts, libraries, nonprofits and human services for low-income families if the multibillion federal aid that Gov. Cuomo is expecting doesn’t happen. Tom Precious, The Buffalo News   |   January 25, 2021   |  Analysis (TNS) — Receive from above, take from below. Such is the essence of one theme of the 2021 state budget plan unveiled last week by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The Democratic governor's bu...