ALBANY—The bottle bill may not make it, although at the moment the budget remains highly fluid.
A pared-down version that would extend deposits to bottled water was in a draft proposal last night, as reported this morning, but it’s unclear if even that will pass.
“We’re still working on it,” said State Senator Antoine Thompson, who has pushed for the expansion.
The measure for bottled water was still alive on Wednesday, but may have now been nixed, according to multiple sources. State Senator Diane Savino told me earlier there is some resistance to it among Democrats in the conference.
