Daily Budget News 2/3

Bloomberg: New York May Run Out of Cash by March Amid $1.6 Billion Gap

Press & Sun-Bulletin: N.Y. budget-gap vote could come today

Daily News: Fiscal crisis in 1975 taught New York hard lessons of chopping, freezing that are handy now

Newsday: Paterson rejects calls to delay closing budget deficit

TU: Lawmakers: Stall health cuts

Daily News: Fed cash may save teachers

Reuters: Medicaid reforms could save New York $1 billion

Daily News: It's war! Gov vs. healthcare industry

NY Observer: Paterson Says He's Not As Advertised by 1199

NY Post: TAX HIKES ON WEALTHY BAD FOR STATE: GOV

NYT: M.T.A. and Developer Agree to Delay $1 Billion Railyard Deal

WNYC: City Economy Drops Sharply in Last Quarter of '08

NYT: Assembly Passes Rent-Regulation Revisions Opposed by Landlords

NYT: Small Payroll, but Big Woes on Insurance

Hartford Courant: Aetna To Pay $5.1 Million To Settle Student Health Care Claims

NYT: Union Tries to Weaken Bloomberg on Schools

Daily News: Silver Doesn't Buy Bloomberg's Tax Argument

NYT: City Takes Bids for Tavern on the Green

AP: NY prosecutors oppose weaker drug penalties

WNYC: NYS Tests Wind Energy Atop Albany Skyscraper

Newsday: Suozzi threatens layoffs unless union workers take pay cut

Daily Freeman: Hinchey calls for Paterson to fund Greenway

NYT (editorial): Why Are You Doing This?

Buffalo News (editorial): Help the working poor

PoJo (editorial): Fed-up taxpayers need the bailout

Post-Standard (editorial): Brutal Choice: Magna's latest offer to NPG workers offers few assurances