Adoption of a stopgap spending bill by New York’s state legislature could put off consideration of major public policy initiatives facing lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo through May.

The measure authorized $40 billion in state spending for the April 1-May 31 period, $10.3 billion in state appropriations, $12.4 billion aid to local governments and $17.3 billion in capital projects. The bill (A7068/S5492) was advanced Monday after Cuomo and the legislature said they could not reach agreement on a range of public policy issues that the governor wanted done in a spending plan of approximately $152 billion for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

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