Once the April 1 deadline was missed and the Legislature decided to pass a two-month extender Cuomo pushed rather than shut down the government, Cuomo was all in on getting raise the age as well as a number of other issues he had wanted but was prepared to lose in favor of an on-time budget, including more power to cut the budget if there are massive federal reductions and the creation of a transportation special prosecutor he'd appoint with jurisdiction over the MTA and Port Authority, sources said.