NY Legislature to pass budget, gov readies veto
By Michael Gormley
Associated Press Writer / June 28, 2010
Associated Press Writer / June 28, 2010
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ALBANY, N.Y.—New York's Legislature began passing a state budget Monday that was due April 1, although Gov. David Paterson's threat of vetoes means the long fight will likely have at least one more round.
The plan would impose a smaller cut in aid to public schools than first proposed, eliminate a sales tax exemption on clothing and increase the tax credit for movie and TV productions that film scenes in New York.
The Legislature's $136 billion plan also includes policy provisions that could affect New Yorkers for years. It includes counting prisoners as residents of their last address, most of which are in New York City. That could cost traditionally Republican upstate areas where prisons are located a state Senate seat in next year's realignment of election districts. It also would give gay couples who are legally married in other states the ability to file as married couples for tax purposes in New York, where gay marriage is illegal.
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