Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Daily Budget News 4/8

NY Post: TAX HIKE ON 'RICH' IS APPLE DUMPING

NYT: Recession Stalls State-Financed Pre-Kindergarten, but Federal Money May Help

Daily News: MTA rolls out year of slashing services

Journal News: MTA battle heads upstate

Newsday: Dems step up efforts to win GOP support for MTA bailout

Business Review: Gov. details pending layoffs by department

NY Post: GOV PLEA TO RANK-&-FILE

Daily News
: Budget ax to chop jailers, psych staff

TU: Unions to bear brunt of cuts

Journal News
: Paterson touts school funding in Congers

Daily News: City OTB still perfecta mess: Nagging losses piling up despite state takeover

Journal News: State Legislature approves red light cameras in cities, including Yonkers

Newsday: Guv expected to OK red-light cameras at 100 LI intersections

Times Herald Record
: June 1 start date for NY water bottle deposits

Democrat & Chronicle: N.Y. says no to rate increases by RG&E, NYSEG

Daily Freeman: NYC still considering sewage treatment plant for Phoenicia

Daily News: United Federation of Teachers union fed City Council questions to ask charter school advocates

TU (opinion): Diaz: Bill would cut drug costs

NYT (editorial): Out-of-Network Payment Practices

NY Post (editorial): COUNCIL FOR SALE

Daily News (editorial): Thown under the bus: State Senate Dems deliver higher fares, worse service

Newsday (editorial): Time for red-light runners to say cheese

Daily News (editorial): City Hall show trial: Scripted by UFT, Council slanders charter schools

Buffalo News (editorial): Adherence to the party line puts politics above region

Democrat & Chronicle (editorial): Upgraded Project Sunlight key in battling budget confusion

Post-Standard (editorial): Business as Usual: In the corrupt game of divvying up pork, nobody's clean