NY gov. predicts rejection of many school budgets
ALBANY, N.Y.—Gov. David Paterson said Monday he may have to lay off state workers because of a fiscal crisis that he predicts will also lead to the defeat of many local school budgets Tuesday.
"I think we have a better framework of understanding where we have to be," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, after private talks with Paterson and the Senate leader over the weekend. "Time is of the essence."
A lack of a 2010-11 budget that was due April 1 has delayed payments to schools and funding for state construction projects, local governments and nonprofit groups that carry out social services. Now the Legislature appears unwilling to change state law to allow Paterson to miss a June 1 deadline for paying billions of state aid to public schools. Paterson proposed delaying the payments until the end of June, a critical time for school payrolls.
"We're talking about laying off (and) furloughing workers," Paterson said Monday. He spoke at the opening of a new park in New York City even as he
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