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Minority members criticize budget size, raise renewable energy and electric school bus concerns
Summary
Assembly minority speakers warned the one-house majority budgets increase state spending sharply, criticized CLCPA implementation impacts on farms and landscapes, and called the proposed electric school bus mandate and funding insufficient compared with their cost estimate.
During the joint budget kickoff, Assembly minority members used their time to criticize the overall size of the proposed one‑house budgets and to raise concerns about energy policy and education transportation mandates.
Assembly minority speaker Chris Hague said the minority supports the New York Food Insecurity, Farm Resiliency and Rural Poverty Act (A.3623 of 2025) but warned about broader…
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