Governor’s Executive Budget Proposal for FY 2018-19
Report on 2018-19 Executive Budget Proposal
On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, Governor Cuomo released his Executive budget proposal for fiscal years 2018-19, totaling $168.2 billion (all funds), keeping the rate of growth in spending for state operating funds below 2 percent at 1.9 percent, while providing for a 3 percent increase in education aid and 3.2 percent increase in State Medicaid spending pursuant to the Medicaid Global Spending Cap. Meanwhile, the Executive budget proposal also includes a plan to close the $4.4 billion budget deficit through $2.7 billion in spending changes, $0.7 million in resource changes, and $1 billion in revenue raisers (i.e. new taxes and fees). Click the report below to learn more and see what specific areas are of interest to NASW-NYS/the social work profession.
Author: Amelia Lochner Malavé
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