ALBANY – Gov. Hochul admitted Thursday that a new state budget will not get approved on time as Albany Democrats remain deadlocked on key issues like overhauling the state’s lax bail reform law. 

“It’s becoming clear that the budget will not be meeting the April 1 deadline,” the Democrat told North Country Public Radio. “But as I’ve said all along, it’s not about a race to a deadline, it’s about a race to getting the right results.”

“We are working on getting the right results to deliver for New Yorkers. And so that has been my priority,” the governor added

The missed deadline comes as Hochul faces off with state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) over how to get skyrocketing crime under control.

The Post reported Thursday that the Assembly has floated changes to current bail laws — though the situation remains fluid with the three power brokers still far from a deal, sources say.

Hochul is also fighting with legislators over a plan to jumpstart the construction of 800,000 new housing units, despite blowback from suburbanites who say her approach will undermine local control over zoning. 

Both Heastie and Stewart-Cousins also confirmed Thursday afternoon that the deadline will be missed as talks on bail and housing drag on — but expressed optimism that a deal can get done before the upcoming Passover and Easter holidays next week.

Heastie said he will keep Assembly Democrats in the capital through the weekend as he searches for a breakthrough. 

“We want to try to negotiate and do something on time and who knows maybe we can get to a budget by Monday,” he told reporters.

Lawmakers say they are willing to pass a budget extender by Monday to ensure state workers get paid while haggling continues on a final spending plan.

Stewart-Cousins downplayed the importance of an on-time budget — so long as an extender gets approved, and a final budget is done, sometime soon. 

“I don’t expect it to be really late,” she said at a press conference.

But some political observers have expressed concerns that Democrats might not strike an agreement until late April due to the upcoming religious holidays.