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New York State Budget
take to the sea!
Mar. 30, 2015
NY Budget Gives Tax Breaks to Those Who Need It “It creates jobs, it makes New York state competitive.”
By Jaime Fuller
budget crisis
May 28, 2012
69-Acre Waterfront Staten Island Estate Sale It has a certain ’Shawshank Redemption’ vibe.
By Andre Tartar
Smoking in New York May Be Getting Even Pricier Assembly Democrats likely to propose hike to state cigarette tax.
By Josh Duboff
The Budget Will Be Late, and Perhaps Really Late Even late by Albany standards, which is impressive.
By Dan Amira
Big Brother
Jan. 19, 2010
Paterson Still Fighting Fizz If a new soda tax passes, you may have to cough up one cent per ounce.
By Daniel Maurer
Paterson Stresses the Importance of Cuts to Education, Medicaid in Special Joint Session The proposed cuts to education and Medicaid total over $750 million but, to be fair, New York spends more money on Medicaid than any other state.
By Zeke Turner
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Sept. 24, 2009
State to Have to Issue IOUs? Governor Paterson says it might be a reality.
By Chris Rovzar
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Apr. 1, 2009
Chris Smith: Sheldon Silver Is Objectionable, Inevitable Why this week’s budget deal, which should be bad for the State Assembly speaker, unfortunately won’t affect his political prospects in the future.
By Chris Smith
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Apr. 1, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
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Mar. 31, 2009
Albany to Rake in More From New Taxes and Fees Than Announced If you follow the numbers closely, the state will actually rake in $1.7 billion more than they announced under the new budget agreement.
By Jacob Gershman
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Mar. 31, 2009
Pretty Much Everybody Hates Budget Plan by Paterson, Silver, and Smith The plan, drafted in secret, has been roundly razzed from almost every corner.
By Chris Rovzar
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Mar. 23, 2009
Weighing Paterson’s Tax-Hike Choice And no matter what, it seems there’s no love for the former Cuddle Guv.
By Jacob Gershman
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Mar. 23, 2009
By Chris Rovzar
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Mar. 4, 2009
By Chris Rovzar
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Dec. 16, 2008
Paterson Brings a World of Hurt Upon Himself His budget-cut proposals came out today, and everyone is sharpening their knives — for him.
By Chris Rovzar
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Dec. 2, 2008
Governor Paterson Is Only $271 Million Away From His Agency-Budget-Cut Goal Unlike state legislators, state agency heads have largely responded to his calls for cuts.
By Chris Rovzar
governor awesome
Nov. 21, 2008
Paterson’s Magic Carpet Ride Smack in the middle of the state budget crisis, the guv dropped almost $40K on Turkish rugs. But maybe that’s okay?
By Jessica Coen
State GOP Tries to Outmaneuver Paterson Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos tries to kill Paterson’s budget cuts with an early vote, leaving the governor scrambling.
By Chris Rovzar
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Nov. 17, 2008
Paterson’s Weekend: Bad For Budget, Good for Velazquez As State Senate Republicans hold up budget talks, Paterson gives an indication of who might replace Hillary Clinton if she is appointed Secretary of State.
By Chris Rovzar
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Nov. 12, 2008
Paterson Demands $5.2 Billion in Budget Cuts Not that anyone is willing to give them to him.
By Chris Rovzar
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Nov. 10, 2008
David Paterson Facing a World of Trouble Over Budget Cuts Faced with opposition and a stubborn refusal on the part of the Legislature to provide budget-cut ideas, Paterson leaps into the void, alone.
By Chris Rovzar
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Oct. 31, 2008
Will Paterson’s Budget Strategy Help or Hurt Him? Democrats are divided over whether Paterson’s wait-and-see-the-proposals approach is the best way to tackle the budget gap.
By Geoffrey Gray
Paterson on the Budget Deficit: ‘We Are Going to Need Federal Assistance’ Mr. Paterson is going to Washington. Meanwhile, on the home front, there’s already a game of chicken going on between him and the legislature over who will cut first.
By Chris Rovzar
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Aug. 20, 2008
Paterson Gets Albany Budget Cuts, But Not As Many As Hoped Having forced the State Legislature to reconvene over economic issues, the governor made progress — but critics argue it wasn’t nearly enough.
By Chris Rovzar
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Aug. 11, 2008
Paterson Takes Aim at Medicaid in His Proposed $1 Billion Spending Cuts Public-school funding is safe so far, according to Paterson, but big cuts in discretionary funding, local government aid, and health care are on the horizon.
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July 31, 2008
Paterson Swats Down Silver’s Tax-Hike Hopes The assembly speaker is once again aiming for a “millionaire’s tax,” which the governor dismisses — arguing that taxes are “addictive.”
Who’ll Save New York? Paterson’s Possible Super-Friends The speech served as a Bat signal to stir powerful New Yorkers who can put the governor’s urgent message into play.
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July 30, 2008
Paterson’s Speech Already Causing Albany Scramble New York legislators and special-interest groups are already gearing up for a battle.
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July 29, 2008
Paterson’s Speech: The Economic Crisis in New York Is ‘Devastating’ As predicted, the governor’s televised address had more warnings than it did solutions.
Chris Smith on Today’s Budget Speech: A Fresh Start for Both State and Governor? In an hour the governor of New York will make his television address about the financial crisis facing the state. Will it be enough to change Albany? And will it be enough to change him into a new kind of governor?
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July 28, 2008
Bloomberg Beats Paterson to the Bad-Budget-News Punch News of massive budget gaps double punches us early this week for both the city and the state.