New York lawmakers have a deal in place and could officially pass the state budget on Friday if all goes well. The 2022-2023 budget includes a plan for $600 million in state funding for a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills.
“We have come to a conceptual agreement,” Governor Kathy Hochul told reporters on Thursday evening.
The budget was due on April 1, but when lawmakers couldn’t reach a full agreement, they passed a one-week stopgap.
It’s still unclear where the $600 million in state money for the Bills’ stadium will come from, but Hochul announced last week that a large chunk would come from recently released gambling revenues from the Seneca Nation in Western New York.