New York State of Politics reports that the state budget is almost two weeks late now, and virtually no one knows what will be in the budget when it is finally revealed. “Secrecy in Albany is like gravity,” said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group this week. “It’s one of those immutable laws of science and political physics.” Gov. Kathy Hochul's efforts to change the 2019 bail reform law, we know is holding up the budget negotiations, but the public does not know much more than that. Interviewed on WGXC April 12, Ulster County Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha said there is little information available about how bail reform might change. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR PLAY EXCERPT OF SHRESTHA INTERVIEW. Horner agrees that almost anything could come out of the budget negotiations that are largely between the governor and the heads of the state Senate and Assembly. “The way that New York budgets play out because they’re in secret, is that things can get cooked up that no one knew was coming and were not adequately publicly vetted,” said Horner. “But by the time the public finds out, the trains have already left the station.” Read more about this story at New York State of Politics.