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State Senate approves $3.8 billion short-term budget extender after heated questions on pace of negotiations
Summary
The New York State Senate passed a temporary appropriation granting $3.8 billion in authority to continue government payments while lawmakers continue budget talks. Critics on the floor urged faster progress; the measure substitutes Assembly bill 7695 for Senate print 7239 and takes effect immediately.
The New York State Senate on April 4 approved a short-term appropriation measure that provides $3,800,000,000 in spending authority to keep state operations running while budget negotiations continue.
Senator Krueger moved to discharge Assembly bill 7695 from the Rules Committee and substitute it for Senate print 7239; the Senate accepted a message of necessity and ordered the bill to third reading before voting to pass the measure. The bill was announced as passed on the floor, and the sponsor said Section 2 makes the action effective immediately.
The vote came after Sen. O'Mara pressed Senate leaders on why a longer-term budget had not been completed, arguing the repeated short extenders mean the…
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