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We look forward to seeing the Governor&#8217;s Executive Budget proposal and working with her and our partners in the Senate and Assembly to enact a budget that meets the financial needs of the state and provides the services New Yorkers want and deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Governor Kathy Hochul&#8217;s State of the State address on Jan. 9, 2024, PEF President Wayne Spence issued the following statement: &#8220;After a decade of neglect, Governor Kathy Hochul has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,479],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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