11th State Budget Extender Through Thu May 14 — Hochul $268B Framework Still ~50 Items Unresolved as Day 42+ Drags

11th budget extender (S10262/A11295, Program Bill #36) passed Mon May 11 to keep state operations funded through Thu May 14 — payroll, health programs, unemployment insurance. State budget now ~6 weeks late from the April 1 deadline, the latest in 16 years. Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins (May 12): "end in sight." Hochul (May 11) defended the process: "strong, strong relationship" with Heastie + Stewart-Cousins; pivoted to policy-first framing ("New Yorkers are excited about the policy probably more than… how many dollars"). ~50 items still unresolved on the $268B framework Hochul announced May 7 (which Heastie publicly disputed). Mamdani's NYC FY27 executive budget — filed May 12 — relies on roughly $4B incremental state aid that is contingent on the final deal.

• keptPied-à-terre tax on $5M+ second homes
• brokenCorporate tax hike ($1.75B/year)
• brokenDouble DCWP budget to $135M
• brokenIncrease Human Rights Commission funding to $21M

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