General State Charges

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Mission

The General State Charges budget (GSC) supports the cost of state employee and retiree fringe benefits such as health insurance, pensions, employer social security contributions, and workers’ compensation, and pays a variety of other state responsibilities including the cost of judgments and settlements against the state, taxes on state-owned land, and payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs).

Budget Highlights

The FY 2025 Executive Budget recommends appropriations totaling $7.8 billion (All Funds), including General Fund appropriations of $7.4 billion and Fiduciary Fund appropriations of $0.4 billion. The year-to-year increase of $766 million is primarily attributable to an increase in the State’s share of health insurance for its employees and retirees. Additionally, the State's pension costs have increased due to ongoing market volatility in 2023 and resulting losses in the Common Retirement Fund.

The Executive Budget actions for General State Charges include:

  • A variable market-based interest rate on court judgments paid by public and private entities, intended to provide relief for local governments and lower state taxpayer costs. A prevailing market rate will help ensure that neither side in a lawsuit will be disadvantaged by an interest rate that is above or below what otherwise could be earned while cases are adjudicated.
  • Eliminating the reimbursement for the Medicare Part B Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) for high income State retirees. The Federal government imposed this supplemental IRMAA premium in 2007 requiring high income retirees to pay a greater share of Medicare costs. New York taxpayers currently subsidize the entire IRMAA premium for these high income State retirees. Eliminating this subsidy would result in an estimated savings of $5.7 million in FY2025, growing to $23.5 million in FY2026.
  • The charging of interest for late payments to the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) and the withholding of State aid or other funds paid by the State for any amounts past due. This is necessary because arrears have increased substantively – totaling $505 million on balances of 60 days or more – and this has resulted in increased premiums to the State, other NYSHIP employers, and NYSHIP enrollees.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

ALL FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Category Available
FY 2024
Appropriations
Recommended
FY 2025
Change From
FY 2024
Reappropriations
Recommended
FY 2025
State Operations 7,077,836,000 7,843,598,000 765,762,000 10,630,235
Total 7,077,836,000 7,843,598,000 765,762,000 10,630,235

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY FUND TYPE
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Fund Type Available
FY 2024
Recommended
FY 2025
Change
Fiduciary 400,500,000 400,500,000 0
General Fund 6,677,336,000 7,443,098,000 765,762,000
Total 7,077,836,000 7,843,598,000 765,762,000

STATE OPERATIONS
ALL FUNDS FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Program Available
FY 2024
Recommended
FY 2025
Change
General State Charges
Fiduciary 400,500,000 400,500,000 0
General Fund 6,677,336,000 7,443,098,000 765,762,000
Total 7,077,836,000 7,843,598,000 765,762,000

STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2025 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program Total
Amount Change
General State Charges 7,443,098,000 765,762,000
Total 7,443,098,000 765,762,000
STATE OPERATIONS - GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF NONPERSONAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE UNDISTRIBUTED
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2025 RECOMMENDED CONTINUED
(dollars)
Program Maintenance Undistributed
Amount Change
General State Charges 7,443,098,000 765,762,000
Total 7,443,098,000 765,762,000

STATE OPERATIONS - OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CHANGES
FY 2025 RECOMMENDED
(dollars)
Program Total Maintenance Undistributed
Amount Change Amount Change
General State Charges 400,500,000 0 400,500,000 0
Total 400,500,000 0 400,500,000 0

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/16/2024