NY Interest Groups Offer Budget Balancing Ideas

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Published March 8, 2010 at 8:30 AM EST

By Karen DeWitt

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Albany, NY – The state legislature has not yet offered publicly any ideas about
how to respond to Governor Paterson's austere state budget proposal,
as New York grapples with a multi billion dollar deficit. A coalition
of interest groups says they have some suggestions, including some
new taxes.

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