As of Sunday this week, governor Cuomo was expecting his 5th
on time budget but when the clock struck midnight, lawmakers were not done
approving. The State Assembly finished passing bills just before 3am Wednesday
morning.
An agreement of a proposed spending plan of $150 billion
budget was set on Sunday night. Arguments on certain portions of the budget
pushed the deadline, specifically the education
reforms Cuomo has been trying to start.
The Senate, that is a majority of Republican, finished on
time with their passing of budget bills but the Democratic assembly took the
time away from Cuomo. Unlike the last time New York’s budget was last, which
was in 2010, these years could have been worse. In 2010, New York States budget
was 125 days late. It was the latest budget
in NYS hisory.
Carl E. Heastie, who negotiated his first budget as a
Assembly speaker, stated that “all of the operations of government were done
before midnight.” He defended Mr. Cuomo on having an on time budget this year
along with corrupted official Shelly Silver. He stated that “if we walked out
of here today, right now, there would be no shutdown in government and that
every agency could operate.”
Although this years budget was a few hours late, many
assemblyman believed it was an on-time budget and the time to deliberate it was
well used. Unfortunately Cuomo was unable to celebrate an on time budget like
usual, “Tonight, both houses of the Legislature have successfully passed the
2015-2016 budget spending plan to allow for the continued operation of
government,” he calmly stated after midnight.
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