Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,I,C-Canandaigua) is pictured (center, at podium) speaking during a press conference Sunday afternoon announcing that an agreement had been reached regarding the 2011-12 State Budget. Leader Kolb called for a continued emphasis on mandate and cost relief for localities and school districts, real property tax relief for homeowners, getting the nearly 800,000 unemployed New Yorkers back to work, and ensuring that a fiscally responsible spending plan was in place by April 1. Pictured, from left to right, are Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chairman Herman "Denny" Farrell; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Governor Andrew Cuomo; Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb; Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; and Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy.