ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul have yet to reach a deal on an over $216 billion budget. Lawmakers and aides faced a lengthy to-do list as of Wednesday afternoon. The Legislature held a brief session Wednesday without voting on budget bills, and lawmakers extended their hotel stays as negotiations dragged six days beyond an April 1 deadline. But Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Democrat from Buffalo, said she expects negotiations won’t extend over the weekend. Negotiators still have to finalize details for seven remaining spending plans, including infrastructure, local aid and education. But the main sticking point has remained criminal justice reform.
Photo:An ink stamp sits on an extender bill after the Assembly passed the bill that the Senate passed earlier in the day as lawmakers work on the state budget at the state Capitol, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
