NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8115
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act making appropriations for the support of government; to amend
chapter 113 of the laws of 2025 making appropriations for the support of
government, in relation thereto; to amend chapter 118 of the laws of
2025 making appropriations for the support of government, in relation
thereto; to amend chapter 119 of the laws of 2025 making appropriations
for the support of government, in relation thereto; and providing for
the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE:
This bill provides appropriations to various State departments and agen-
cies to permit certain payments due from April 1 to May 7, 2025, to be
made absent enactment of the Budget appropriation bills submitted by the
Governor for the State fiscal year beginning April 1, 2025.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes the Comptroller to utilize the appropriations
contained in this bill, which relate to the 2025-26 State fiscal year,
absent enactment of the 2025-26 Budget.
Section 2 provides $346.8 million in additional appropriation authority
for personal service payments scheduled to be made to State officers and
employees on the payrolls scheduled to be paid between April 1, 2025,
and May 7, 2025, including active National Guard members on the Division
of Military and Naval Affairs emergency payroll. This appropriation also
includes payment for services performed by mentally ill or develop-
mentally disabled persons who are employed in State operated special
employment, work for pay or sheltered workshop programs.
Section 3 continues $34 million in appropriation authority for nonper-
sonal service payments by various State agencies. It is the intent of
this section to provide sufficient authorization for agencies to enter
into contracts, the terms of which may continue beyond the life of this
appropriation and for which payments for liabilities incurred beyond May
6, 2025 would be made subject to additional future appropriations.
Section 4 continues authority for the Judiciary:
*Provides $90 million in appropriation authority for personal service
payments scheduled to be made to officers and employees of the Judiciary
through May 7, 2025,
*Continues $25 million in appropriation authority for nonpersonal
service liabilities incurred by the Judiciary,
*Continues $30 million in appropriation authority for aid to localities
liabilities incurred by the Judiciary, and
*Continues $300 million in appropriation authority for various employee
fringe benefit programs within the Judiciary.
Section 5 provides $257 million in additional appropriation authority
for payments by the Department of Health to include:
*$4.3 million in additional appropriation authority for the Federal Food
and Nutritional Services, and
*$252.8 million in additional appropriation authority for the Medical
Assistance Administration Program, jointly financed by State and Federal
funds.
Section 6 provides $30 million in additional appropriation authority for
the unemployment insurance benefits. New appropriation authority is
necessary due to daily new liabilities created by those filing unemploy-
ment insurance benefit claims.
Section 7 provides $6.7 million in additional appropriation authority to
the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to support not-
for-profit providers of essential programs and services.
Section 8 provides $56,000 in additional appropriation authority to the
Department of Veterans' Services for statutorily required payments to
veterans experiencing homelessness.
Section 9 prohibits expenditures from all appropriations until certif-
icates of approval have been issued by the Director of the Budget and
filed with certain State officers.
Section 10 requires the Comptroller to transfer any expenditures made
against these appropriations to the 2025-26 Budget appropriations after
they have become law.
Section 11, the severability clause, provides that if any part of this
Act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment would not invalidate the remainder of the Act.
Section 12 provides that the bill takes effect immediately and is deemed
to be in full force and effect on April 1, 2025, and, further, that the
appropriations made in the bill will be deemed repealed upon the trans-
fer of expenditures by the Comptroller pursuant to section 10 of the
bill.
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
This bill will allow the State to make certain payments and incur
certain liabilities during the period April 1 through May 7, 2025 on a
timely basis, in the absence of an enacted budget for State fiscal year
2025-26.
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
Expenditures and disbursements made against these appropriations shall,
upon final action by the Legislature on the appropriation bills submit-
ted by the Governor for the support of government for the State fiscal
year beginning April 1, 2025, be transferred by the Comptroller as
expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for State depart-
ments and agencies. Accordingly, this bill will have no additional
impact on the State's 2025-26 Financial Plan.
