Hochul’s budget is almost $9B larger than she claimed as Dems blasted for not knowing ‘what was in it’

Metro Hochul’s budget is almost $9B larger than she claimed as Dems blasted for not knowing ‘what was in it’ By Vaughn Golden Published June 11, 2026, 3:17 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google ALBANY – Something’s not adding up! Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget plan is almost $9 billion larger than her office claimed, bringing the already record-high and months-late spending plan to an eye-watering $277 billion. “Apparently, Democrats had to pass the State Budget so they could find out what was in it,” Assembly Minority Leader Ed Ra (R-Nassau) wrote in a blistering statement responding to the news. “Albany Democrats demanded a blank check from New York taxpayers and signed it in the dark.

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