• Assembly Leader: No Vote on Paterson’s Budget

    April 28, 2010

    New York state legislators are rejecting Gov. David Paterson’s demands and refusing to vote on his budget proposal, the Business Review reported today:

    The state Assembly will not vote on Paterson’s budget today, said Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari (D-Cohoes). The Assembly will hold session today, and then adjourn until May 3, as scheduled.

    When asked if Paterson’s demanded budget vote is dead on arrival, Canestrari replied: “Yes.”

    Meanwhile, the governor said he planned to put his plan for state employees to take a one-day furlough into the next budget extension bill. “Implementing a temporary furlough of unioned non-essential employees would realize an immediate cash savings” of $30 million a day, the governor wrote in a memo accompanying his bill, “and should not jeopardize public health and safety.”

    Amid the Albany stalemate, Paterson also outlined a plan to save $620 million.

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