Assembly OKs emergency budget extender to avoid shutdown

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state will avoid a government shutdown after lawmakers approved a two-month stopgap spending plan.

The short-term budget passed Monday was introduced by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he and lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a one-year budget.

The budget was supposed to be approved before Saturday, when a new fiscal year began. But negotiations over the more than $150 billion spending plan bogged down over juvenile justice reform, education spending and an affordable housing tax credit for New York City.

Lawmakers won’t get paid until they pass a budget. Cuomo’s short-term spending plan runs through May 31, though lawmakers hope to strike a deal on a long-term budget sooner than that.