Republicans, meanwhile, remain on the outside looking in as the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker – all Democrats – essentially craft the budget plan. But the Republicans are also issuing loud protests against the process, including from gubernatorial candidates Lee Zeldin, Harry Wilson, Rob Astorino and Andrew Giuliani, as well as from GOP legislative leaders.
“The people of New York expect and deserve an on-time spending plan,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said last week. “Instead, they have been subjected to a secretive, closed-door and ultimately failed budget negotiation that has left the state’s record-breaking spending plan, which could exceed $220 billion, in limbo. There is simply no excuse for this level of dysfunction.”
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