The passage of New York’s big, complicated state budget — every penny of the $237 billion the government plans to spend on your behalf over the next 12 months — is a portrait of power: who’s got the juice, who’s on the rise, and who got caught bluffing with a weak hand.
Governor Hochul clearly came out a winner, announcing victory and leaving town several days before the Legislature finished the budget. “This is a big deal — a very big deal.