Daily Budget News 1/9

Troy Record: High marks for talking tough Guv

Buffalo News: Gov. Paterson offers rebuttal to State of State critics

TU: Speaking out against cuts

Bloomberg: Paterson Says Stimulus Funds May Cover 20% of N.Y.’s Deficit

Niagra Gazette: SCHUMER: Medicaid relief sought for counties

Newsday: Long Island could get extra $104M in federal stimulus

PJ: Soda-tax opponents decry Paterson plan

WPTZ: Younger Crowd Likes Paterson's Health Care Proposal

TU: Paterson once arrested over Rockefeller drug law reform

Daily News: Please Dad, save my bus! MTA honcho's daughter blasts plan to cut two Queens routes on weekends

NYT: M.T.A. May Ask Patrons to Contribute to Environmental Programs

Newsday: Caithness power plant $1.49B cost was kept secret

Daily News: Gov. Paterson addresses omitting WTC

Daily News: City deficit at $11.3B, much worse than what Mayor Bloomberg estimated

Newsday: Forecast: NYC business taxes on historic slide

NYT: City Employee Pay Is Outpacing Private Sector, Report Says

Reuters: RPT-NYC may lose 82,300 financial sector jobs--study