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Alliance Alert: As state budget negotiations continue and another extender is set to pass, ���������� has additional time to get this budget right. While delays create uncertainty, they also provide an opportunity for advocates to continue pushing for the investments and policy changes our communities need.

The Alliance remains focused on advancing our top priorities in the final budget. This includes securing a 4% Targeted Inflationary Increase to stabilize the human services workforce, $15 million for Daniel’s Law pilots and the Behavioral Health Crisis Technical Assistance Center to expand non-police crisis response, and restoring funding for Adult Home programs and EQUAL, which are essential to supporting some of the most vulnerable ����������ers. We also continue to advocate for other critical provisions that strengthen community-based services and protect access to services.

We will keep pushing the Legislature and Governor to include these investments as negotiations continue.

To help inform and engage our community during this critical moment, the Alliance will be hosting panels with the Office of Mental Health at our upcoming Executive Seminar, where state leaders will provide updates on recent investments to improve mental health services and discuss the path forward.

We encourage you to register for next week’s Executive Seminar and to send us questions you would like OMH to address, including:

• The status and impact of previous state investments
• How proposed budget investments will support recovery and community-based care
• What actions the state is taking to mitigate harms from federal policy changes

Your voice is critical as we continue this advocacy. Stay engaged as we work together to shape a budget that meets the needs of all ����������ers.

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Lawmakers Set to Pass Week Long Budget Extender Tuesday
By Luke Parsnow and Jack Arpey | NY State of Politics | April 6, 2026

Lawmakers are set to return to Albany to vote on another state budget extender on Tuesday. The extender, which would ensure the state can cover essential expenses and make payroll deadlines, is expected to run through next Monday as Hochul and state legislative leaders continue budget negotiations.

The current extension,  runs through Tuesday. The budget was due April 1 and is Hochul’s fifth late spending plan in a row, as she has made clear  to cede ground in negotiations over her budget policy proposals, one of the few avenues governors have to directly drive state policy changes.  

Negotiations between Hochul and legislative leaders remain ongoing, with major differences on the governor’s proposal to reform the state’s car insurance laws and dial back the 2019 climate law, highlighting the current impasse, as well as differences over raising taxes on the wealthy, school aid and Tier 6 pension reform.

Hochul told reporters Monday morning she was still deciding how long a second state budget extender should be as lawmakers remained out of town on a holiday break, but that she was factoring the remaining days of passover into the decision.

“We’re still working on the details of the length of each extender,” Hochul told reporters Monday. “Certainly, we gave a longer one because of the religious observances of Passover and Easter. There’s two more days of Passover. Passover continues until this Thursday, so I think we’re going to make sure we make accommodations for those religious observances again.”

When asked how many extenders the governor and Legislature might need to pass before a final budget is agreed to, Hochul said, “I hope as few as necessary.”

“We speak all the time,” Hochul said.