DiNapoli: "Leg. Must Do More Than Just Approve a New Spending Plan"

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Published April 7, 2010 at 7:27 AM EDT

By Karen DeWitt

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Albany, NY – The New York State legislature is due back in Albany after a nine day break for the spring holidays. Their first order of business will be to agree on a new state budget, which is now a week overdue. The State's Comptroller warns that lawmakers will have to do more than just approve a new spending plan, if they hope to dig the state out of it's fiscal morass.

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