A final state budget deal between Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers will include $450 million for a new emergency department and annex at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
The funding will be included in budget bills due to be made public later today or Wednesday, a spokesperson for Hochul confirmed to syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.
If approved by the legislature, the money would fully fund the replacement of an outdated and overcrowded emergency room that serves a 14-county region in Upstate New York…