ALBANY, New York — The tax hike talk will have to wait.
Discussions over boosting taxes for wealthy New Yorkers and corporations are being put on the back burner in Albany as Gov. Kathy Hochul presses to weaken the state’s 2019 climate law.
The governor’s push to address the law in the state budget has become the paramount concern in closed-door negotiations, complicating the talks and potentially drawing them well beyond next Tuesday’s due date to deliver a state spending plan.
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“This is definitely occupying all this conversation at this stage of the game,” Democratic Assemblymember John McDonald said. “The leadership in both houses and the executive are having good conversations — trying to figure out what makes sense.”
