It seems ironic that New York's budget deadline is April Fools Day. Maybe it's the legislators' way of acknowledging those who keep sending them back to Albany.
New York's in line for its 22nd consecutive late budget.
Most media outlets are reporting it differently. They are saying that New York has broken the streak of late budgets.
Well, sort of but not really.
The legislature ADOPTED a budget yesterday, 31 March. However, the budget won't get ENACTED until the governor's signs the bills or the legislature overrides his vetoes. The former likely won't happen today and the latter can't. The governor has already expressed displeasure at how much the legislature is spending.
Admittedly, the budget will almost certainly get ENACTED earlier than it has in many years. So at least Albany's moving in the right direction for once. Now, all they need to do is comply with a court ruling on education funding, get rid of gerrymandering and introduce an electoral code that's not anti-democratic.
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