New York nonprofits have mixed reactions to Hochul’s $237 million state budget
The approved $237 billion state budget has garnered widespread reactions from nonprofits across New York. Nearly three weeks late on April 20, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature passed a budget that has drawn criticism from organizations specializing in housing issues and immigration, with some saying the budget falls short of what is needed to serve their communities. Other organizations, particularly nonprofits helping low-income New Yorkers said they saw the spending plan as a win.
New York Renews, a coalition of organizations dedicated to environmental justice, expressed outrage at the exclusion of the NY HEAT Act and the Climate Change Superfund Act. The NY HEAT Act would protect low-income New Yorkers from bearing more than 6% of utility payments. The Climate Change Superfund Act would create a cost recovery program for these sites in New York state.