Paterson says Combined Budget Deficit Now at $10b

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Published October 30, 2009 at 8:48 AM EDT

By Karen DeWitt

Albany, NY – Governor Paterson, at meeting with legislative leaders, said the state's budget deficit has grown even bigger, and that lawmakers now face closing a combined $10 billion dollar gap for the end of this fiscal year and the star of the next.

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