Republicans in the state senate say there are still some sticking points to reaching agreement on a state budget by next week's deadline, including whether to close some state prisons.
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The fight between Cuomo and school districts flared up when Governor Cuomo delivered a stern lecture to schools, who are complaining about the governor's proposed budget cuts to education, saying they are playing a "game" and issuing empty "threats".
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Governor Andrew Cuomo says he's concerned over a report that one of the nuclear reactors at the Indian Point power plant along the Hudson River is on an earthquake fault line, and is checking into the matter.
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The state Senate and Assembly released their own one house budget plans, differing from Governor Cuomo on restorations to school aid and whether to continue a tax on millionaires.
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Senate Republicans approved a plan that would change the state's constitution to require that new district lines be drawn by a non -partisan commission. But critics say it does not go far enough.
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Senate Republicans approved a plan that would change the state's constitution to require that new district lines be drawn by a non -partisan commission. But critics say it does not go far enough.
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Senator Carl Kruger, the Brooklyn State Senator who is one of the latest state legislators to be indicted, has been stripped of a key leadership post. Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo is threatening to investigate the state legislature if there's not agreement soon on ethics reform.
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There's only three more weeks until the state budget is due, and battle lines are drawn over Governor Cuomo's cuts to school funding and whether to continue to tax the state's highest income earners to pay for education and other state spending.
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State Lawmakers examined Governor Cuomo's proposals to change the health care system at a joint legislative budget hearing Thursday. The most controversial of those plans is a proposed cap on medical malpractice awards of $250,000.
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15 people were arrested at a noisy demonstration at the State Capitol, as groups that work with poor, sick and homeless protested against Governor Cuomo's $10 billion dollars in budget cuts.
