Assembly Announces Approval SFY 2019-20 Budget Includes Funding for Critical Human Services
Apr 1, 2019
Speaker Carl Heastie today announced the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 approved budget includes funding for essential human services, including the areas of social services, mental health, children and families, alcoholism and substance use, aging and...
SFY 2019-20 Budget Includes Funding To Implement Election Reforms
Apr 1, 2019
Speaker Carl Heastie and Election Law Chair Charles Lavine today announced that $24.7 million in funding for updates to the local and state boards of elections is included in the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 Budget. This funding will help implement...
SFY 2019-20 Budget Provides Critical Health Funding
Apr 1, 2019
Speaker Carl Heastie and Health Committee Chair Richard N. Gottfried today announced the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 Budget will include $641 million in restorations for Medicaid and $34 million for public health programs. Additionally the budget...
SFY 2019-20 Budget to Include Further Investments for Higher Education in New York State
Apr 1, 2019
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Higher Education Committee Chair Deborah Glick today announced that the enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 Budget will include funding critical to the preservation of higher education programs across the state. These...
Approved SFY 2019-20 Budget Includes $27.86 Billion in School Aid
Apr 1, 2019
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto today announced the approved State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 Budget will include $27.86 billion in funding to General Support for Public Schools (GSPS), an increase of $1 billion,...