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NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 21, 2019

Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie Announce Agreement on Budget Conference Committee Table Targets


Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today announced they have reached a consensus on table targets for the individual budget conference committees.

These funds will be used as the basis for budget negotiations among the committees and represent real progress towards the enactment of an on-time budget. The table target amounts for individual budget conference committees include the following:

$20 million Mental Hygiene
$50 million Education
$10 million General Government
$10 million Economic Development
$30 million Health
$5 million Transportation
$55 million Higher Education
$50 million Human Services
$15 million Public Protection
$10 million Environmental, Housing & Agriculture
$20 million General Conference
$275 million Total