Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Daily Budget News 4/1

NYT: A Long Night in Albany as a Budget Inches Toward Passage

TU: Bumps in road for budget

Newsday: NY Legislature misses budget deadline

Planet Albany: Assembly passing budget bills

WXXI: Unions Rail Against Governor's Lay Off Plan

Gotham Gazette: A call for Washington to thwart New York budget over ed dollars

NY Post: PACK-ING A WALLOP

NY Magazine: Albany to Rake in More From New Taxes and Fees Than Announced

NYT: Unexpected Opposition to Payroll Tax Throws M.T.A. Rescue Talks Into Turmoil

Newsday: State leaders rule out new bridge tolls to help MTA

Daily News: Plan to rescue MTA goes off rails: Bailout 'falling apart' over payroll tax dispute

NY Post: TAX-I! NEW HIT LOOMS

TU: Politics, times catch Senate news clippers

NY Post: ACTION! GOV GIVES TAX BREAKS FOR TV

NYT: Congress Is Again Weighing Aid for Ground Zero Rescuers

Daily News: It's too late: GOP tells 9/11's sick that it's been too long since the attack for compensation

Streetsblog: NYC Stim Projects Help Fund Big Bike-Ped Improvements

Business Review: Amtrak funding restored in NY budget

Post-Standard: Liquor stores fought to win wine sales battle, but there's still a war on

Newsday: New budget would require license for saltwater fishing

Fox: State Budget Preserves State Pharmacy Program for Seniors (EPIC)

CW11: Limbaugh Threatens to Leave New York If Budget Passes

Times Herald-Record: Assemblyman, ex-IBM workers to hold rally at IBM facility

Utica Observer-Dispatch: Destito blasts critics of Utica Curling Club's ramp for handicapped

Gotham Gazette (analysis): What the State Budget Means for the City

Daily News (opinion): Albany's closed-door decisions on fate of MTA should be feared

NYT (editorial)
: Recession? Not in Albany

NY Post (editorial)
:
FREEZING OUT THE CHILDREN

Daily News (editorial): Statute of liberty: Albany goes extra soft on immigrant drug dealers

Post-Standard (editorial): Home Tragedy: What does fatal blaze say about the safety of group homes?

PoJo (editorial): State budget will hurt now — and in long run