New York lawmakers finally greenlit a massive $269 billion state budget late Wednesday – two months after its due date.
The spending plan includes a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes in New York City, rolls back cost state climate goals, adds 50-foot buffer zone around houses of worship for protests and extends mayoral control of Big Apple schools for two years.
The final budget also includes a “no tax on tips” plan.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had yet to sign three of 10 budget bills as of Thursday, but state lawmakers are done with their work on the spending plan.
State Assembly members finished voting around 8 p.m., with their state Senate counterparts wrapping up shortly after 11 p.m.
The legislature is done with the session next week, but the drawn-out budget fight has left lawmakers just six legislative days to vote on non-budget items before they hit the campaign trail.
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