Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Daily Budget News 3/31

NYT: Paterson Tries to Defend Budget Deal

Press Republican: Paterson, leaders defend budget

TU: Budget details come to light

NY1: Budget Deal Calms Threat Of Teacher Layoffs

Press & Sun-Bulletin: State budget winners and losers

Observer: Parment upset Millionaires’ Tax dropped

Business Journal: IBM’s investment at Albany Nano to hit $1B by 2013

Newsday: Critics: State budget proposal 'without logic'

Democrat & Chronicle: Upstate New York business leaders to lobby against budget

Democrat & Chronicle: Rochester-area reaction to New York budget

Daily Gazette: Budget deal restores land tax, expands bottle bill

Press & Sun-Bulletin: Pharsalia, 2 other prisons could close

Daily News: New York state law makes play hide the pork

Daily News: Cleaners terrified as mid-April MTA cuts loom

NYT: N.Y. Legislators Optimistic on M.T.A. Rescue Plan

Times Herald-Record: MTA payroll tax can still be defeated, lawmakers say

NY Post: ALBANY POLS TALK A FARE GAME

Daily News: Stimulus cash will fix Brooklyn Bridge

Daily News
: Brooklyn patients sick over loss of Sheepshead Bay Primary Care Center

NYT: For Injured Workers, a Costly Legal Swamp

Daily News
: Drive-by bill lets insurance firms hike auto rates without state OK

Daily News: William Thompson throws wrench in Mike Bloomberg bid to reopen Brooklyn jail

NY Post (opinion): SETTING NY BACK 30 YRS.

Daily News (opinion)
: Democrats will pay for this: Their awful budget gives the GOP perfect political ammo

Press & Sun-Bulletin (opinion)
: The problems continue to worsen in Albany

Daily News (editorial): Rotten sausage: Paterson, Silver and Smith produce a budget that's excessively bad for New York

Newsday (editorial): Albany gives LI a slap

Democrat & Chronicle (editorial): Budget reform law's a joke

Buffalo News (editorial)
: Cut state government