Dear Friend:
As a member of the Finance Committee, my colleagues and I have begun hearings to analyze Governor Hochul’s proposed 2023 Budget. Unlike prior years, the Executive budget starts the process in a much better place regarding investing in New York’s success:
- Continuing our commitment to fully fund Foundation Aid to lift students and to hold local property taxes down;
- Accelerating the middle-class tax cuts, small business tax cuts and $2 billion in property tax relief;
- Record investments in healthcare and behavioral healthcare;
- $4 billion for the forthcoming Environmental Bond Act, a $1 billion increase from 2021 proposal;
- Nearly $1 billion of additional funding for highway repaving and repairing potholes.
The Governor also included a number of my legislative proposals in her budget as well, such as $85 million to facilitate homeowners to create Accessory Dwelling Units to address our local shortage of workforce housing; protection of critical wetlands to ease flooding and protect our fragile drinking water supplies; and the creation of certification standards for Recovery Housing.
In the State Senate, I have been working with my colleagues to enact real, concrete solutions that will safeguard residents, increase prosperity and prepare us for the challenges ahead.
New York State Senator Pete Harckham 40th District
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