Albany Passes 7th Budget Extender Through April 30 as Stalemate Hits Day 28

The state legislature on April 27 passed its seventh emergency budget extender of fiscal 2026, authorizing roughly $2.5B in additional spending and keeping state operations funded through April 30. Total emergency authorizations since the April 1 deadline now exceed $15.2B. Hochul, Stewart-Cousins, and Heastie acknowledged talks remain stuck on housing-voucher expansion, the discovery-law rollback, and the school-zone speed-camera bill. An eighth extender is widely expected on Wednesday April 30 if no full deal is reached. Mamdani is among the city officials publicly pressing Albany to finalize so NYC can finalize its own May executive budget.

• 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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