Carrion Grills Karl Knight on Governor's 2025 Budget Proposal Amid Fiscal Challenges

Carrion pressed the governor’s Chief of Staff, Karl Knight, on proposed austerity measures and budget allocations for FY2025, highlighting concerns over financial prudence and existing vacancies within the Office of the Governor

enator Samuel Carrion used Monday’s meeting of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, and Finance to grill the governor’s Chief of Staff, Karl Knight, about his office’s proposed austerity measures in FY2025.

Mr. Knight appeared before the Committee on Monday to present the Office of the Governor’s FY2025 budget request. The total ask is $14,015,824 including $1,225,000 in miscellaneous, special appropriated funds, $300,000 from the Tourism Revolving Fund, and $12,490,824 from the general fund. The requested appropriation from the general fund includes $693,397 in funding for the Bureau of Economic Research, $666,465 for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and $11,130,962 for the Office of the Governor itself.‌