State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just sounded a blaring alarm about the state’s cash shortfall — but the rest of the state’s leadership wants the fiscal crisis kept quiet.

They all knew trouble was coming, but the Legislature left Albany for the year having given Gov. Kathy Hochul the power to cut as needed.

That keeps the cutting out of the headlines, and (lawmakers hope) hangs any blame on the gov.

She’s asked state agencies to find $750 million in savings in the current-year budget. But next year, the nut jumps to $3 billion .

Longer-term, per DiNapoli, the picture grows even more distressing: Albany is facing its worst cash shortfall, as a share of spending, since the Great Recession — with $34.3 billion in red ink through 2029.

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