Reiterating worries about the NY State budget—and the lack of agreement from the State Legislature— State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli produced a YouTube video to beg state lawmakers and Governor Paterson to "close a budget deficit that he warned could reach $4 billion by the end of the fiscal year in March." In fact, DiNapoli said Paterson's projection of the state only have $36 million by the end of the year was "optimistic... We think if no action is taken, the state will end December with a negative balance, about minus $3 million." DiNapoli says in the video (see it after the jump), "It is time for state government to make those same tough choices and to be more responsible about our spending."
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