Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica issued the following statement, reacting to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 State of the State message, delivered Jan. 3 in Albany:
“The Governor outlined an ambitious agenda today in broad strokes, admitting that the state faces a very difficult year ahead with a looming $4 billion budget deficit, and $2 billion in federal budget cuts. I look forward to learning more about the Governor’s proposals to fix the state’s broken education funding system, lower the middle-class tax rate, and go after the prescription drug distributors that turned a blind eye to the opioid crisis, among other things. This will be a difficult budget year given the federal assault on New York State; however, I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to tackle these challenges head-on and pass an on-time budget.”