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Executive Director of the New York Justice Center Denise M.
Miranda delivers a presentation on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget for the
2021 fiscal year at Alfred State College. (photo provided)
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Alfred State recently welcomed a representative from Gov.
Andrew Cuomo’s cabinet to provide an overview of the governor’s executive
budget for the 2021 fiscal year.
Speaking to an assembled group of students, faculty, and
staff at the Student Leadership Center on the Alfred campus, Denise M. Miranda,
executive director of the New York Justice Center, told the crowd, “We must and
we will continue to make progress happen.”
Miranda then spoke about the highlights of the budget, some
of which include:
-A $33 billion five-year plan to combat climate change.
-A $25 billion expansion of New York’s largest-in-the-nation
building program, bringing it to $275 billion.
-$133 million for the Homeless Housing and Assistance
Program.
-An historic $28.5 billion investment in education.
-$35.7 million in capital for State University of New York
(SUNY) campuses.
-Expanding the Excelsior free college tuition program to
include families making up to $150,000 per year.
-Continuing middle class tax cuts.
-Continuing economic growth and social progress.
