Without a state budget, temporary funding approved

April 5, 2022 - New York may have entered a new fiscal year without a state budget, but the lights at the Capitol aren't going off just yet, as the legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed on a temporary funding measure for the state. Newsday Capitol correspondent Michael Gormley explains why the stop-gap measure was needed, how they've been used in the past and what deadlines matter moving forward.