Budget & Finances

Report on the State Fiscal Year 2019-20 Enacted Budget, April 2019

This year’s State budget process was complicated by December and January tax revenues falling billions of dollars short of expectations. By the start of the new fiscal year on April 1, the picture was somewhat brighter as a result of stronger than anticipated revenues for the month of March and a higher than expected General Fund balance to begin the new year.

The Case for Building New York State's Rainy Day Reserves, December 2019

The national economy has now been growing for more than a decade – a lengthy expansion, by historical standards. While we have no way of knowing exactly when that will change, we can be sure that at some point a downturn will come. When that happens, the State must be prepared to safeguard essential services and avoid undesirable tax increases.