New York’s agreement on a $220 billion state budget includes a raft of nonfiscal measures, including a three-year window to resume the legal sale of to-go drinks.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s first budget also includes more than a billion dollars in child care funding, a green light for three casinos and a return of to-go drinks.
Contentious social issues, such as revising the state’s bail law, have delayed passage of what is expected to be largest budget in the state’s history.