State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Wednesday expressed confidence about reaching a state budget deal that contains the “principles” of controversial “Good Cause Eviction” tenant protections, as negotiations over the spending plan roll on.
The majority leader made the comments a little over a week before the April 1 deadline, when she, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie must reach an agreement on the Fiscal Year 2025 spending plan. But after the budget was late the last two years, including by over a month in 2023, it is unclear if things will be settled by April Fool’s Day.
