State budget funding disappoints community advocates

State budget funding disappoints community advocates

This year’s $254 billion state budget was exceptionally late, but Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers finally voted on lingering items last week. Here are some of the areas that Black and Brown advocates were disappointed didn’t get more funding.The deadline for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 state budget was April 1. Hochul and lawmakers spent about a month past that date in contentious negotiations over policy changes, such as involuntary com…