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Senate approves short-term appropriations extender, including $2.4 billion for school aid
Summary
On April 20, 2025, the New York State Senate passed a temporary appropriations bill (Assembly A8015, substituted for Senate S7530) that provides broad spending authority to keep state government operating and includes $2.4 billion for the next school-aid payment; the extender runs through the coming Thursday, lawmakers said.
The New York State Senate on April 20 approved a temporary appropriations measure — Assembly A8015, substituted for Senate bill S7530 — to provide short-term spending authority for state government and to fund the next school-aid payment.
Senator Mayer, the sponsor on the floor, told colleagues the bill “provides a 12,100,000,000.0 in appropriation authority, meets certain payroll costs of certain agencies, and most importantly, it provides 2,400,000,000.0 for [the] next school-aid payment, and it runs…
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