With the deadline for the annual budget of April 1, Governor Kathy Hochul says that she warns New Yorkers of any federal financing cuts to major services, including Medicaid programs and school lunch.
Meanwhile, a group of Democrats from Albany wants it to retaliate by refusing to send regular taxes to the White House.
What you need to know
- Although about a third of New York expenses come from federal dollars, so far, the governing Kathy Hochul has not intended to refuse her $ 252 billion expenditure plan known as the state budget name
- Hochul said that she was still pursuing large ticket articles such as a total ban on mobile phones in schools, changing mental health laws, which facilitates proof of cases, the ban on a mask and the approval of billions of dollars for MTA fixes
- But two legislators believe that Hochul should be offended and retain the federal tax payments of New York while they are waiting for Washington to blink. They co -picked two bills recently presented in the State Legislative Assembly
“Eighty billion billion dollars will not be invented by New York State-he will not be invented by any state,” said Hochul on a press conference based in Albany in the State Capitol building.
New York’s best Democrat warns that health and education programs could be paralyzed, if Washington, DC, is to threaten the reduction in a flow of federal dollars.
“School nutrition programs, school lunch programs-many of these children will grow throughout the day if they don’t have this money,” she said.
Although about a third of New York expenses come from federal dollars, so far, Hochul has not intended to eliminate his $ 252 billion expenditure plan known as the state budget.
“Treat the budget with the facts we have before us, but nothing prohibits us from returning to a special session to face everything that comes from the federal government,” she said.
Some tax experts slam the approach.
“Albany claims that there will not be these Trump cuts because they do not want to be blamed for the belt before it is necessary because they know that schools, hospitals, all unions would criticize them then and not Trump,” said John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany, a government surveillance group.
But two legislators believe that Hochul should be offended and retain the federal tax payments of New York while they are waiting for Washington to blink. They co -picked two bills recently presented in the State Legislative Assembly.
“We are going to be creative and aggressive to defend the state and fight the Trump administration. We are not going to turn against the accelerating flutter of fascism that sets up in Washington,” said Micah Lasher, a Democrat from Manhattan.
“The first step will be that we look at our state controller, Tom Dinapoli, to tabulate all the money we are already expecting and already receive in the last penny of the federal government,” said the Democratic Senator of the Queens and the candidate for town hall Jessica Ramos.
They also have legislation which, if adopted, would allow federal employees recently dismissed to obtain a job in the government of the State and to recover part of this lost federal pension.
“We can expect them to have funding hostages for their reactionary ideological program, just cut it because New York state does not have a preferential place in the eyes of the Trump administration,” said Lasher.
A spokesperson for the State Controller said that the legislation was being examined.
But Hochul said on Monday that she was still pursuing large ticket articles such as a total ban on mobile phones in schools, changing mental health laws, which facilitates the delivery of cases, the ban on a mask prohibition and the approval of billions of dollars for MTA fixes.
“I would say that it is level one, have obtained around 150 at level two, but many of them can also detach themselves and be treated during the legislative session,” said Hochul, describing the state of negotiations.
Since he was in office, Hochul has ignored the official deadline for the budget of April 1 instead of adopting temporary measures to continue to pay state workers.
She blamed the slow pace with 213 members – and opinions – within the Legislative Assembly led by Democrats.
“The challenge is that the leaders take everything we have talked about. They must now return to their conferences. It’s just the natural state of the game,” said Hochul.