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Pataki's 2006 Budget Barely Addresses NYC

2006_01_patakibudg.jpgGovernor Pataki's 2006 budget for NY State outlined many ambitious plans, with lowering and eliminating many taxes at the core, but it seems that NYC has been shortchanged again, as city schools were only given $225 million - while there is a court order saying the state should increase city school funding by over $5 billion. And then there are some complicated issues involving reducing Medicaid costs and how NYC hospitals would be affected. Mayor Bloomberg will be in Albany on Monday to testify about the budget's impact on the city, and the various state Assemblypeople from the city will also be looking over the budget to see where the Pataki gouged us.

Text of the 2006 budget speech and if you want a doozy, you can hear the audio.

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By Jen Chung in on January 18, 2006 8:44 AM

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  • Anonymous

    One suggestion I'd heard long ago was that upstate could be renamed "Buffalo" and we'd stay New York. We could also consider calling them "North York" and us New York, or we could be "Old New York" and they could be "New New York" (just kidding).



    Every territory within commuter rail or express bus range should join with the new city-state! Oh, and the Catskills for the water supply!

  • South New York!

    There actually has been some talk about this. We should split into two states, and they could be called "North New York" and "South New York." Let's see how well the upstaters do without us.

  • homeopt

    Every time I see Pataki's face I want to punch his lights out. What a douchebag.

  • Anonymous

    Why are we still a part of New York State? NYC on its own would be one of the largest and most important states, and then wouldn't have to deal with crazy hijinks like this!



    Let's split off, and take our hinterlands with us (Long Island, northern NJ, southwest CT).

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