Biaggi fights against budget process

I have always been critical of the way New York state structures and passes the budget each year,” Biaggi said, in a release. “The budget process forces us to choose between our values when we should not have to, rigging the system to pit New Yorkers against one another: environmentalists against transit advocates, good government groups against low-wage workers, religious communities against advocates for criminal justice reform."

I left my first budget experience as a legislator in 2019 feeling deeply disappointed in the process. And in 2020, I walk away feeling even worse.”

The unilateral control the executive branch holds over the state budget process undermines the constitutional duty of legislators to make thoughtful spending and policy choices on behalf of the New Yorkers we represent,” Biaggi said.