Last year’s New York state budget was nine days late, something which Governor Kathy Hochul said Wednesday was the result of her determination to tweak the state’s bail reform laws in 2022.
“I feel very strongly about protecting certain issues. That’s the only reason our budget was late nine days last year,” Hochul told reporters during a March 22 briefing at the State Capitol regarding her public safety priorities in the new budget due April 1. She still has to hammer out the final details of the state’s spending plan with legislative leaders, and once again, the governor is seeking a bail reform tweak that could upend all efforts to get the budget completed on time.
