On an unusually sticky, humid day at the state Capitol, multiple people remarked that the air in the massive stone building was as stagnant as the budget process, now more than five weeks late and lumbering toward a protracted, multi-phase “deal,” as has become common under Gov. Kathy Hochul. It would be Hochul’s fifth straight late budget.
Sources told Spectrum News 1 that Hochul and her staff were preparing Tuesday and Wednesday for a possible announcement Wednesday evening, but they ultimately pulled the plug around 5 p.m. The back-and-forth came after a handshake deal appeared within reach Tuesday afternoon before falling
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