State budget directs millions to Adirondacks | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

New York’s $220 billion budget for the new fiscal year devotes billions of dollars to economic development and environmental protection, including millions to address the impacts of increased hiker traffic in the Adirondack and Catskills parks. This year’s budget increases state spending by more than $8 billion from last year’s $212 billion budget. The state…