Overall, the governor's proposed budget would increase spending by $8.6 billion, including a $5.3 billion surplus.

Hochul’s executive proposal is $19 billion or 8.3% higher than last year’s proposal and $36 billion or 16% higher than her first plan in 2022.

The lofty wish list — a $8.6 billion annual spending hike — runs in accord with the administration’s affordability agenda, which Hochul teased during last week’s State of the State address.

Her budget made no mention of "cap and invest," the program she proposed two years ago as a central strategy for reducing fossil fuels emissions.

Public safety $13 million for the creation of the New York State Crime Analysis and Joint Special Operations Command Headquarters. The governor has billed this as a “first-in-the-nation headquarters to track crime trends,

A $252 billion New York budget plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul would ban student cell phones during school and hike school aid by at least 2% per district.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday will propose a $252 billion spending plan with income tax cuts alongside an expanded social safety net as the state faces potential uncertainty from a federal government under GOP control.