Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top budget official elevated concerns about the cost of the state’s climate law that the governor once championed on Wednesday.
The governor wants to change the law to ensure New Yorkers don’t have to pay excessive costs to achieve required emissions reductions, Budget Director Blake Washington told reporters after a Citizens Budget Commission breakfast.
“The governor’s not going to whistle past the graveyard,” Washington said. “She sees problems on any number of issues, but here she sees an affordability issue that’s right before her eyes that must be addressed.”
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His remarks were first reported by City and State.
