Albany budget talks stall as Hochul battles multi-issue standoff

New York’s budget negotiations in Albany remain unresolved more than five weeks into the fiscal year, as Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders edge toward but have yet to finalize a handshake on four major policy proposals—car-insurance reform, a rollback of the 2019 climate law, SEQRA changes to spur housing, and immigrant protections—while funding questions for NYC and upstate aid, plus Tier 6 pension reforms and education/health spending, complicate the process; talks continued late into the week with no agreement in sight.