ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Hochul pitched a $216 billion state budget proposal on Tuesday that would increase education spending, fund pandemic recovery initiatives and provide bonuses for health care and frontline workers.
The governor and her top budget officials painted a rosy outlook for Empire State’s fiscal future thanks to federal COVID funds and unexpectedly high tax receipts as Hochul laid out a spending plan she described as “socially responsible and fiscally prudent.”
The proposed budget includes $31.2 billion in education spending, a $2 billion increase, $10 billion to bolster the pandemic-ravaged health care industry, $1.4 billion for child care and $32.8 billion for infrastructure projects.
