Statement from Senator George Borrello on Late State Budget

ALBANY – Senator George Borrello issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of a bill extending the budget deadline to Monday, April 10:  

“Over and over again, we see the dysfunction of one-party rule in New York State disrupt the critical functions of government and undermine New Yorkers’ confidence in their leaders.   

Nothing illustrates those failures more plainly than the inability to get a budget passed on time. While those in power regularly proclaim New York State to be a model for its peers, a corrupt, behind-closed-doors budget process and irresponsible, unsustainable $230 billion budget is hardly an example to follow.   

As always, the biggest losers in this scenario are state residents, whose hard-earned tax dollars finance this embarrassing fiasco and whose interests routinely come behind those of the radicals who exert outsized influence over Albany’s agenda. I will continue to use my voice to advocate for the things New Yorkers want the most: a safer and more affordable state and greater transparency and accountability from those in public service.