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Hochul's state-budget game-playing is getting ever less effective

New York Post·Post Editorial Board·24 days ago
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Gov. Kathy Hochul makes a budget announcement. Mike Groll/Office of Governor Ka Gov. Kathy Hochul’s passive-aggressive efforts to get her way in state budget negotiations just blew up in her face — a grim warning of how (in)effective she might be if she wins another term this November. For the third straight year, Hochul announced an “agreement in principle” on core issues before her negotiating partners thought the deal was done, and this time one of them called her on it. We rarely agree with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, but he had every right to speak out and announce the lack of even a handshake agreement, forcing Hochul’s team to cancel its planned Red Room show with the Assembly and state Senate leaders. “There’s no budget deal. There’s no deal,” the Bronx Democrat told Albany reporters.…

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