Paterson Says Lawmakers Will Need To Return To Albany
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Gov. Paterson, speaking on an Albany radio show this afternoon, said he will meet with legislative leaders next Friday, Oct. 3, on whether to return to session to cut the current state budget.
Yet he didn’t say that they would need to return before Election Day, something lawmakers would be reluctant to do.
“I think it’s clear we need to come back before January,” Paterson said on WROW 590-AM.
Paterson said he expects to have state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in the meeting also, to provide a financial update. DiNapoli earlier this week questioned whether legislators would need to return to Albany before year’s end.
Paterson applauded state lawmakers for cutting $427 million from the budget in August, but said in a subsequent interview on WCBS 880-AM today that “It probably got wiped out in the last week” because of the economic crisis on Wall Street.
He said that he doesn’t anticipate further cuts to state agencies, which Paterson has unilaterally cut by more than seven percent in recent months. But he said lawmakers will need to look at other areas to trim, yet he didn’t specify where.
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Trim? They will spell trim as such: RAISE TAXES. They haven’t had an original idea up there since 1788 when they joined the Union. They’ve been loyal to the unions and themselves ever since.
And to add insult to injury, they will lower county and some school aid, prompting Andy and Barney to continue to raise taxes in Westchester way above inflation while blaming it on the State. Ditto the schools.