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New York’s biggest budget doubles down on the mistakes driving people out
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New York lawmakers approve a $254 billion budget for the state, the largest in the state's history.
Lawmakers spent over three weeks debating how to save more but how to spend more.
Public schools, transit systems, and entitlement programs all received major boosts.
The budget uses emergency reserves to pay off a $7 billion unemployment insurance debt.
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