Paterson Agrees to Delay Special Session on Deficit

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Published October 22, 2009 at 5:40 AM EDT

By Karen DeWitt

Albany, NY – Governor Paterson met with legislative leaders, both in public and private meetings, and agreed to push back the start of a special session on the budget deficit for as long as two weeks, but rejected a bond refinancing idea by the Senate as "phony" revenue.

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