‘Nothing’ settled on overhauling cash bail laws as Hochul budget standoff in Albany enters day 10

Budget talks have ground to a standstill since the original April 1 deadline.

ALBANY – Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Monday that “nothing” has been settled in state budget talks about overhauling controversial limits on cash bail as the ongoing standoff between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature entered its tenth day.

Budget talks have ground to a standstill since the original April 1 deadline amid legislative resistance to Hochul’s bail proposal and aA spending resolution approved Monday will give Hochul, Heastie, and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins another week to break the impasse over bail in pursuit of a final agreement.

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