Aug 11, 2008 2:51 pm US/Eastern
Governor Paterson Wants $1 Billion More In Cuts
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ―
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Gov. David Paterson is proposing $1 billion in state spending cuts for the Legislature to consider at its special session Aug. 19.
Paterson wants $600 million of the cuts this year to address a deficit he says is deepening.
Paterson gave the proposals to Senate and Assembly majority leaders Monday. The Democratic governor already cut more than $600 million his agencies.
Among Paterson's proposals is cutting $50 million in funding for the City University of New York. He's already trimmed a similar amount in the State University of New York system, which critics said will damage efforts to hire more full-time professors.
The biggest proposed reduction would be $550 million in Medicaid funding to hospitals and health care providers.
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