Hochul says she’ll continue ‘the fight’ for budget

With New York’s state budget being almost two weeks past due, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’ll continue “to keep up the fight” for New Yorkers.

“Everyone knows what I’m standing for, and I’m not wavering on my belief that we need to make some significant reforms so we can say that this budgeting process is over,” she told NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Monday.

The governor and state lawmakers have been at a standstill over how to spend upwards of $252 billion in a state budget since April 1.

One of the points of contention in the budget process has been over changes to a 2019 discovery law, which required prosecutors to turn over more evidence, and turn it over faster, to defense attorneys.

Defense lawyers say the reforms have ensured that all defendants get ac