

The Empire Center has updated its online Spend-O-Meter to reflect the record size of New York’s newly enacted $220.5 billion budget for fiscal 2023.
The Spend-O-Meter shows the state government is spending at a rate equivalent to:
- $6,987.37 per second
- $419,242.36 per minute
- $25,154,541.35 per hour
- $604,109,589 per day
- $4,225,962,948 per week
- $18,375,000,000 per month
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