ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul is crying poverty, even while the state once again saw a massive boom in tax revenue over the first half of the fiscal year — eclipsing her office’s projections by nearly $3 billion.

The state is now on track to rake in $259 billion in revenue this fiscal year thanks to the six-month boost — $2.6 billion more for the 12-month period than Hochul’s budget office had originally forecast.

Despite the windfall, the governor’s office on Thursday insisted that not all of their budget concerns have come to pass — as Hochul once again argued she wouldn’t step in to help fund state programs that have taken a hit due to the federal government shutdown.

While New York state hit a massive boom in tax revenue over the first half of the fiscal year, Gov. Hochul still has b

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