Governor Cuomo releases his 2018-2019 proposed New York State budget ~ Read and find out more

In Albany today, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his 2018-2019 proposed New York State budget.  

Details on the governor's approximately $168-billion proposal can be viewed on the state Division of the Budget (DOB) website: http://www.budget.ny.gov.

Senator O'Mara, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that he will be working with his legislative colleagues across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions to keep attention focused on unfunded state mandates, job-killing state regulations, and a state tax burden that devastates family budgets and keeps New York’s business climate one of the worst in the nation.

O’Mara said that the next step in this year’s budget adoption process is for state legislators, local leaders and the public to begin analyzing the details of the new Cuomo plan and assessing its impact on specific programs and services.  

The Legislature’s fiscal committees – the Finance Committee in the Senate, and the Assembly Ways and Means Committee – will begin a series of public hearings on the Cuomo plan next week.  The legislative hearings will continue through February and will be live streamed on the State Senate website: http://www.nysenate.gov.  See the full hearing schedule HERE.     

O’Mara also reminded area residents that his “2018 Community and Legislative Survey” also offers opportunities to share opinions on specific state budget-related issues.

The state’s new fiscal year begins on April 1, 2017 and state leaders are aiming, for the seventh consecutive year, to have a new state budget in place before that April 1st deadline.