In fact, the leader and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver set a deadline of the first week in August for (another) two - way final budget deal. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Meanwhile, the left was angered yesterday when Cuomo said he doesn't want to raise taxes in the final budget deal — a signal that he's standing firmly against the push, led by Assembly Democrats and their liberal allies, to not merely extend, but also expand, the millionaires tax. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Then the governor started making nosies about no need to rush into a final budget deal, and lawmakers — whose paychecks are being withheld while a final deal eludes them — insisted they were, in fact, close to an agreement, and clamored for him to send them bills to vote on. (nystateofpolitics.com)