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Bringing the Budget Protests to New York
The Nation Albany From Wisconsin to Indiana to right here in New York—the state capitol in Albany Wednesday night echoed as well with chants of “This is what democracy looks like” as protesters occupied the halls
Read More »Albany Finishes Rare On-Time Budget
New York Times Albany To the soundtrack of chanting protesters who draped banners from staircases and banged on the doors of the legislative chambers, lawmakers finished approving Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s budget early Thursday morning, making
Read More »Budget passes, protesters leave Capitol at 2:15 a.m.
Fox 23 News Albany State lawmakers have adopted a budget. Members of the New York State Senate worked until midnight on Wednesday night while Assembly members remained in session until after 1:00 a.m. on Thursday. In the end,
Read More »Protesters chant while lawmakers enact budget
News Channel 13 - WNYT Albany Lawmakers worked late into the night on Wednesday passing budget bills in a race against Friday's deadline. While the Senate and assembly chambers were filled with legislators, the Capitol corridors
Read More »Thousands converge on State Capital as lawmakers vote on budget
Mid-Hudson News Albany As Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers finalized the state’s budget touting its eradication of a $10 billion deficit, special interest groups and their supporters converged on the State Capital en mass on
Read More »Like father, like son — not
TImes Union Albany Gov. Andrew Cuomo is no Mario Cuomo, writes Richard Kirsch, a longtime liberal voice in New York who headed Citizen Action and an effort to promote health care reform. Now with the Franklin
Read More »New York Assembly Approves Budget Amidst Protests
Democracy Now Albany New York state lawmakers have approved a $132.5 billion budget that will cut more than $2 billion in healthcare and education spending, while granting millionaires a tax break. Despite a budget shortfall, Gov.
Read More »State Legislature Passes On-Time Budget Amid Protests
WNYC Albany New York has a new state budget. The $132.5 billion budget contains a 2 percent spending cut and eliminates $10 billion, with historic cuts to schools, public colleges, social service programs and health care. The
Read More »Albany Passes Historic On-Time Budget Amid Protests
The Huffington Post Albany The state legislature voted to pass an on-time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's
Read More »Lawmakers race to finish N.Y. budget; hundreds protest cuts at Capitol
LoHud Albany State lawmakers planned a marathon session Wednesday night of passing budget bills with the goal of approving New York's first early spending plan in 28 years. "We're going to have a budget; we're going to
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