The view of the state budget depends on where you sit in the state Capitol in Albany. 

For many Democrats, the spending plan finalized on Wednesday with Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature of key bills will strengthen anti-crime efforts, address the cost of living by boosting the minimum wage and expanding the child tax credit. But Republican critics contend the final agreement, more than a month past the April 1 due date, is failing to address the everyday concerns facing New Yorkers' wallets and safety. 

The fault lines of the final agreement reflect how policy has broken down on partisan lines: The bail laws are either a sensible tweak, or a failure to keep the state safe; a plan to end natural gas hookups in new construction is a needed tool to fight climate change, versus an ill-advised plan that will raise utility costs on consumers. 

Hochul on Wednesday touted the agreements in the final deal even as her efforts to expand housing in New York fell short in the negotiations. In New York City, she pointed to provisions changing New York's law that limits cash bail in criminal cases to give judges more discretion in criminal cases with serious charges. 

"There’s a lot of energy around this as a turning point in the effort to give judges more discretion in making the right determination in whether they require bail, letting someone be released or having them be remanded to prison," Hochul said. 

The bail law change has been sought by both Hochul and some Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature as crime has been part of a pitched debate in New York's politics. 

Republican state Sen. Pat Gallivan, however, believes the final agreement lacks teeth. 

"It was simply a clarification of language," he said. "I think we have a long way to go to make that law work for all our communities." 

But Democrats also had to compromise as top leaders in the state Senate and Assembly initially staked out their opposition to bail changes. The balance, nevertheless, included measures like raising the minimum wage and a child tax credit expansion to cover families with kids under the age of 4. 

"When you take out some of the policy stuff, I think this checked a lot of boxes on the things that members of the Assembly support," said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. 

Hochul also had to compromise as her fellow Democrats rejected her plan to expand housing by 800,000 units in the next decade. Hochul plans to continue to press for parts of her housing compact in the coming weeks.

Still, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano knocked the budget for not addressing the cost of living facing New Yorkers. 

"This affordability crisis continues to mount and now we're implementing an energy plan that doesn't address affordability or reality," Palmesano said. 

Republicans like Assemblyman Matt Slater, meanwhile, pointed to New York's budget being one of the latest in more than a decade that includes Medicaid cost shifts that could lead to property tax increases at the county level.  

"Honestly, I don't think the wait was worth it and for the priorities of New Yorkers, this budget falls very, very short," Slater said.