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.

Gov. David Paterson's proposed state budget for 2010-2011 will increase taxes and fees by almost $1 billion and ... Ranzenhofer weighs in on Albany budget. Jan 20, 2010 Jan 20, 2010; Facebook; ...

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 ...

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 … ...

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 ...