REPORT FINDS $14.8B OF WASTE AND CORRUPTION PRONE POTS OF MONEY IN NY STATE BUDGET

Watchdog groups Reinvent Albany and Citizens Budget Commission today released a joint report, “Lump Sum Warning,” which found $14.8 billion in proposed lump sum pots in Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget, including $8 billion in COVID emergency pots that are not subject to review by the State Comptroller.