NY budget overdue as lawmakers clash over bail housing education more

ALBANY — While disagreements over bail and housing are holding up budget talks in Albany, there’s plenty else New Yorkers should keep in mind as Gov. Hochul and lawmakers craft a spending plan for the state. The governor and her fellow Democrats leading the Legislature remain at loggerheads over a number of policy and spending proposals, including a potential ban on menthol cigarettes, funding plans for the MTA, lifting the charter school cap and big environmental initiatives. Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) admitted that while negotiations so far have focused on big…