Monday, March 9, 2009

Daily Budget News 3/9

Bloomberg: Depression Dynamic Takes Hold as Markets, Banks Revisit 1930s

PoJo: Schumer: Stimulus aid coming soon

Democrat & Chronicle: N.Y. lawmakers defend earmarks in spending bill

Post Star: Tedisco, Murphy agree on taxes-Candidates: Funds from wealthy can't reform health care

Bloomberg: Making $34 Million at Merrill Means No Bonus Escapes Subpoenas

CBS: First piece of NYS budget legislation passed\

Bloomberg: Paterson Stakes Standing With N.Y. Budget Amid Falling Approval

NYP: BRIDGE TOLLS HIT TROUBLED WATER

NYP: DAVE DITHERS ON MTA

NY1: Bridge Tolls vs. Subway Fares

Buffalo News: High-speed trains to NYC could be on the fast track

Star Gazette: Upstate hospitals fight shift of funds downstate

Union & Sun-Journal: ON THE DEFENSIVE: Governor says funding plan critics got

ABC: Should Wine Be Sold in Supermarkets?

WCAX: Michelle Paige Paterson to start health challenge in middle schools

SI Advance: Some praise for governor's pay cut, but no Staten Island followers

Newsday: Kessel continues to draw political static

TU: Time to pick the plums

Niagara Gazette
: TAXES: Paterson idea's a real gutter ball for local alleys

Daily News: City Controller William Thompson steamed at overtime costs

NY1: School Drug Counselors May Get Boot

Reuters:
NYC mayor: Worker furloughs to cut costs unlikely

TU (editorial):
Start spreading the pain, New York

Newsday (editorial): Pension system is cracking

Daily Gazette (editorial): Editorial: Paterson's token pay cut

NY Magazine (editorial): Smith: How Bloomberg Could Finally Build Moynihan Station

NYT (editorial): The Senators’ Railway Station

NY Daily News (editorial)
: He's too kind: Gov. Paterson went too far offering college aid to crash victims' kin

PoJ0 (editorial)
: Editorial: Infuse economy with bold ideas

Democrat & Chronicle (editorial): Pursue high-speed rail and RenSquare

Buffalo News (editorial)
: Build high-speed rail

Newsday (editorial)
: The Kings Park park

The Post Standard (editorial): Do It Right: Expanded treatment must be part of Rockefeller drug law reforms

NYT (editorial)
: Common Sense in Lending

NY Post (editorial): ENOUGH HOLDUPS, ALREADY

Journal News (editorial): Westchester County government has proven its worth