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Senate approves short budget extender after debate over payments to National Guard in prisons
Summary
The New York State Senate on April 2 approved an appropriation extender to keep state government funded through Monday at noon. Debate centered on a $45 million pay authorization in the extender, which senators said will help cover salaries including payments to roughly 6,000 National Guard members serving in correctional facilities.
The New York State Senate on April 2 approved an appropriation extender to keep state government operating through Monday at noon, voting Aye 60 to 0 after extended debate over how the package pays state workers and National Guard members deployed to correctional facilities.
Senator Krueger, the sponsor, said during debate that “this 1 lasts through Monday at noon.” The extender was offered as Assembly Bill 7635 substituted for Senate Bill 71-56 and carried a message of necessity and appropriation at the desk. The measure was laid aside after acceptance and later brought up on the controversial calendar and adopted.
Why it matters: the short extension preserves pay and operations while lawmakers continue multi-party negotiations on the larger state budget. Several senators used floor time to press for more detail about allocations in the extender, arguing the package includes sizable sums without a public breakdown and raising…
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