There was one reason to look the other way when multiple governors abused the state-budget process over the past two decades to enact major policy changes: It worked.
Now Gov. Kathy Hochul, in her first proposed budget as elected leader, has somehow both overreached and underreached — stuffed too much into her budget and (so far) failed to get it done.
You may remember how New York’s legislative process is supposed to work.
For everything but the budget, laws should originate in the Legislature. Once a law passes both houses, the governor can sign it or not.
Not the spending plan. The governor proposes the budget; the Legislature submits suggestions to the governor; the governor amends her budget and sends it back to the Legislature.
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Nicole Gelinas is a Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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