After New York’s fiscal year ended on March 31, it took five weeks of haggling before Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., and state legislators finally passed a budget.

And it’s a doozy.

Gov. Hochul, who has tremendous power over the budget process, proved once again she is a weak and incompetent horse-trader. She permitted legislators to walk all over her.

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