BILL NUMBER: S9918
SPONSOR: GIANARIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act making appropriations for the support of government; to amend
chapter 98 of the laws of 2026, relating to making appropriations for
the support of government, in relation thereto; to amend chapter 100 of
the laws of 2026, relating to making appropriations for the support of
government, in relation thereto; to amend chapter 102 of the laws of
2026, relating to making appropriations for the support of government,
in relation thereto; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This bill provides appropriations to various State departments and agen-
cies to permit certain payments due from April 1 to April 20, 2026, to
be made absent enactment of the Budget appropriation bills submitted by
the Governor for the State fiscal year beginning April 1, 2026.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 authorizes the Comptroller to utilize the appropriations
contained in this bill, which relate to the 2026-27 State fiscal year,
absent enactment of the 2026-27 Budget.
Section 2 provides $25,000 in additional appropriation authority for
personal service payments scheduled to be made to State officers and
employees on the payrolls scheduled to be paid between April 1, 2026 to
April 20, 2026. The total appropriation also includes payment for
services performed by mentally ill or developmentally disabled persons
who are employed in State operated special employment, work for pay or
sheltered workshop programs.
Section 3 continues $32 million in appropriation authority for nonper-
sonal service payments by various State agencies. It is the intent of
this section to provide sufficient authorization for agencies to enter
into contracts, the terms of which may continue beyond the life of this
appropriation and for which payments for liabilities incurred beyond
April 20, 2026 would be made subject to additional future appropri-
ations.
Section 4 continues $10 million in appropriation authority for existing
capital projects contract costs approved prior to April 1, 2026 for all
agencies.
Section 5 continues $20 million in appropriation authority for new capi-
tal projects contract costs approved after April 1, 2026 for all agen-
cies.
Section 6 provides $24.7 million in additional appropriation authority
for payment of State employee and retiree fringe benefits and other
fixed costs mandated by statute or collective bargaining agreements
during the period April 1 to April 20, 2026. The appropriation amount
includes the State's contribution to the New York State Health Insurance
Program, Social Security payroll tax, the Employee Benefit Funds, Dental
Insurance, the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, the
Voluntary Defined Contribution Plan, the Vision Care Plan, and Auto
Accident Claims.
Section 7 continues $171.3 million in appropriation authority to the
Judiciary through April 20, 2026. This authority supports $85 million
for personal service payments for officers and employees of the Judici-
ary, $13 million for nonpersonal service, $11 million for Aid to Locali-
ties payments, and $62.3 million for various employee fringe benefit
programs.
Section 8 continues $4.554 billion in authority for various DOH programs
and provides $4.3 million in additional appropriation authority for
Federal Food and Nutritional Services, thereby increasing the amount for
that program to $20.3 million.
Section 9 provides $195,000 in appropriation authority for the Justice
Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs to support the
Surrogate Decision-Making Committee.
Section 10 provides $30 million in additional appropriation authority
for the continuation of unemployment insurance benefits. New appropri-
ation authority is necessary due to daily new liabilities created by
those filing unemployment insurance benefit claims.
Section 11 provides $13.1 million in additional appropriation authority
for the payment of mass transit operating assistance.
Section 12 provides $6.7 million in additional appropriation authority
to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to support
not-for-profit providers of essential programs and services.
Section 13 provides $24,000 in additional appropriation authority to
veterans experiencing homelessness and continues $385,000 in appropri-
ation authority for payments to blind veterans.
Section 14 prohibits expenditures from all appropriations until certif-
icates of approval have been issued by the Director of the Budget and
filed with certain State officers.
Section 15 requires the Comptroller to transfer any expenditures made
against these appropriations to the 2026-27 Budget appropriations after
they have become law.
Section 16, the severability clause, provides that if any part of this
Act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment would not invalidate the remainder of the Act.
Section 17 provides that the bill takes effect immediately and is deemed
to be in full force and effect on April 1, 2026, and, further, that the
appropriations made in the bill will be deemed repealed upon the trans-
fer of expenditures by the Comptroller pursuant to section 15 of the
bill.
 
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
This bill will allow the State to make certain payments and incur
certain liabilities during the period April 1 through April 20, 2026 on
a timely basis, in the absence of an enacted budget for State fiscal
year 2026-27.
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
Expenditures and disbursements made against these appropriations shall,
upon final action by the Legislature on the appropriation bills submit-
ted by the Governor for the support of government for the State fiscal
year beginning April 1, 2026, be transferred by the Comptroller as
expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for State depart-
ments and agencies. Accordingly, this bill will have no additional
impact on the State's 2026-27 Financial Plan.