State
State lawmakers again head home after failing to act on deficit
ALBANY — For the second week in a row, rank-and-file lawmakers were sent home Thursday as
negotiations to erase the state's $3.2 billion again failed to narrow differences over
proposed cuts to education and health care. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:29 AM )
Albany to shine light on authorities
ALBANY — State authorities, which oversee everything from highways and bridges to
hospitals and transit systems, face more accountability under a major deal brokered Wednesday
in the State Capitol. (Updated: 11/19/09 12:12 AM )
Paterson threatens layoffs as talks stall
ALBANY — Deficit reduction talks stalled again Tuesday, with Gov. David A. Paterson threatening to consider “all options,” including possibly state worker furloughs, to keep the state from running out of money next month. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:28 AM )
Paterson warns schools, others of state aid cuts
ALBANY — With talks still stalled over how to close the state’s budget deficit, Gov. David A. Paterson said Monday that schools, as well as hospitals and nursing homes, should prepare for cuts in state aid. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
Poll shows Paterson losing voter support
ALBANY — Maybe a few more New Yorkers feel they personally like Gov. David A. Paterson, but the number of voters looking for someone else to run for governor next year is continuing to climb, a new poll has found. (Updated: 11/17/09 6:47 AM )
Schools fight using reserves in state fiscal crisis
ALBANY — School officials around the state are wringing their hands over how to cope
with proposed midyear cuts in state aid, but Gov. David A. Paterson offers a simple retort:
Dip into your hefty savings accounts. (Updated: 11/16/09 7:45 AM )
Leaders ready to scrap new license plate plan
ALBANY — Forget forking over $25 for those hip, retro-colored new license plates next
spring. (Updated: 11/15/09 11:18 PM )
Bid to cut deficit still stalled
ALBANY –The Legislature’s top Democrat and Republican on Thursday squared off in a new format — a telephone conference call — that featured name calling and motive questioning amid stalled efforts to erase the state’s $3.2 billion deficit. (Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM )
Crisis mode declared on deficit
ALBANY — A somber Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday urged a rare joint session of the
State Legislature to join him in making the unpopular decisions necessary to erase the state's
$3.2 billion budget deficit. (Updated: 11/10/09 8:39 AM )
Paterson calls on Legislature to erase $3.2 billion deficit
ALBANY -- A somber Gov. David A. Paterson today urged a rare joint session of the Legislature to join with him in making the unpopular decisions necessary to erase the state's $3.2 billion budget deficit. (Updated: 11/09/09 5:44 PM )
$200 million assurance keeps Delaware North in casino race
ALBANY — Delaware North met a Friday deadline by Gov. David A. Paterson to confirm that it can quickly pay a $200 million upfront franchise fee payment if it were selected among a half-dozen bidders to operate a big new casino at a Queens racetrack. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
State agency’s grants will help WNY groups rehabilitate 71 houses
A New York State agency has approved $754,000 in grants that will go toward rehabilitating 71 houses into homes for low-and moderate-income families in three Western New York counties. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Senate’s Democratic leaders will attend Paterson speech
ALBANY—Bring out the chairs for the Senate Democrats. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Paterson’s call for joint session is rebuffed by own party
ALBANY — In their latest snub to their party leader, Democratic leaders in the State Senate are turning down an invitation to a special joint session of the State Legislature that Gov. David A. Paterson called for Monday to address the state’s soaring deficit. (Updated: 11/06/09 7:22 AM )
Land swap in Adirondacks tops ballots in Tuesday’s election
Plans to relocate a power line in St. Lawrence County may involve only six acres of remote Adirondack land. (Updated: 10/31/09 10:31 AM )