State Enacts 2017-18 Budget, Elected Officials Respond
Published: April 11th, 2017
By: Grady Thompson

ALBANY – A week after Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a budget extender as a result of the houses’ inability to come to a consensus by the April 1 deadline, Cuomo announced yesterday, April 10, the passage of the 2017-18 state budget.

The response to the $153 billion budget from various elected officials was mixed.

“This year’s budget process was very long and tiring to say the least,” said Assemblyman Clifford W. Crouch (R - Bainbridge). “The lack of transparency and openness in the process again this year was extremely frustrating.

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