Localities see 'near seismic' shift in Hochul's first state budget plan
By Tom Precious
News Albany Bureau Chief
Updated
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to spend huge new amounts of money on all levels of local governments, from schools to counties, cities, towns and villages.
ALBANY – On the day after Andrew Cuomo announced he would be resigning from office, Gov. Kathy Hochul talked of working “with our partners in every level of government” to devise solutions for the problems facing New York.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's schools plan includes a $2.1 billion increase in aid that translates to a 7.1% increase, for a record total of $31.3 billion in aid to education.
More than one-third of districts in Erie and Niagara counties would receive overall increases of 10% or more, with the average increase at 9% over what they received this year.
"One hard lesson we learned about what happens when there's a lack of investment is how our health care system crumbled under the stress of the pandemic," Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
In her State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined a plan to spend $10 billion to bolster health care through a variety of broad initiatives. Labor unions and health care associations are optimistic but are awaiting further details on the bold proposals.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to spend huge new amounts of money on all levels of local governments, from schools to counties, cities, towns and villages.
