Word out of Albany is that state budget talks are crawling closer to completion in record snail’s pace, with some good but an awful lot of bad and ugly. Good.

Any hope that the extended deadline for the current budget negotiations in Albany will result in a more modest New York State budget tailored for today’s economic environment is highly misplaced.

Another day, another missed budget deadline in Albany. The legal April 1 date became the temporary April 4 date. Those are both history and they’ll aim for next week. Yeah, yeah, we’ve … ...

ALBANY — The State Legislature on Wednesday began passing a $254 billion budget that was due April 1 and will increase state spending by $12.3 billion. The protracted, closed-door negotiations ...

ALBANY — The State Legislature next week is scheduled to vote on a $254 billion state budget that was due more than a month ago and negotiated behind closed doors. The details of what's in it ...

That bill — known in Albany parlance as the “Big Ugly” since it’s crammed full of the budget’s most-debated issues — includes the short-term extension of mayoral control of the New ...

Another $135 million is intended to advance a massive overhaul of the New York State Museum, which has long been a thorn in the side of Albany lawmakers. Hochul began signaling a desire to take ...