Overview
- Lawmakers approved a roughly $1 billion stopgap Tuesday that keeps government funded through April 7 and ensures state workers are paid.
- Talks remain hung up on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s auto‑insurance overhaul, a proposal backed by Uber and opposed by trial lawyers, and on her push to delay parts of the 2019 climate law and speed environmental reviews for projects.
- Democratic legislators are seeking higher taxes on the very wealthy and large corporations to fund priorities, while Hochul rejects income‑tax hikes.
- The stalemate withholds legislators’ pay and leaves school districts and local governments, including New York City, waiting on state aid numbers to finish their own budgets.
- Negotiations continue with another extender possible if no deal is reached by April 7, echoing recent years when budgets ran late, including last year’s plan finalized on May 8.