Two lawmakers found with illness

changes, such as the controversial criminal justice and bail reforms passed last year. Cuomo unveiled his policy-packed $178 billion fiscal proposal in January, which included calls for the legalization of recreational marijuana, the banning of flavored vaping products, closing the rape intoxication loophole and legalizing gestational surrogacy.

It’s unclear if the tight time line being eyed will allow for substantive discussions on such policy points if the one-house proposals are scrapped and the focus is strictly fiscal, something that not all legislators saw as a negative.

“A lot of people believe that policy should be handled separately anyway, but these are extenuating circumstances,” one Democratic lawmaker said.

Also unclear is if lawmakers will have time to digest the recommendations of an outside panel tasked with finding $2.5 billion in Medicaid savings as the state faces a projected $6 billion budget deficit.

As a sign of the uncertainty ahead, Cuomo last week asked Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to revisit the state’s revenue projections in light of the market impact of the coronavirus.

The governor has so far resisted calls from advocates and some left-leaning lawmakers to raise revenues by increasing taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents.

Potentially smoothing the road for lawmakers is a federal economic stimulus package being mulled over in Washington.

The measure, a product of negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, could provide billions in much needed federal Medicaid funding for the state.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Saturday the bill being considered includes $6.2 billion in federal Medicaid funding for the state.

The money “will probably help the state solve some of their Medicaid problems,” Schumer said during an appearance Saturday at City Hall.

ALBANY – Two state lawmakers representing parts of Brooklyn have been diagnosed with coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Saturday.

Assembly members Helene Weinstein and Charles Barron, both Democrats, tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the closure of the state Capitol to visitors, Cuomo and Heastie said in a joint statement.

Weinstein said she began to feel ill on Wednesday and “immediately self-quarantined to ensure the safety of my family, friends and the community.”

The 67-year-old lawmaker is not hospitalized and said she has been working from home in recent days.

An Assembly source said Barron was hospitalized but “in good spirits.”