WBFO s Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports.
On the first day of the new fiscal year, just one of ten budget bills has been approved.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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The debt service bill was passed on the evening of March 31. Senate Finance Chair Liz Krueger could not say when the remaining nine might be ready for passage.
“We have quite a few budget bills remaining to get done,” Krueger said. “We don’t have them.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo has touted his track record of relatively on time budgets during his three terms in office, as a sign of a properly functioning state government.
One year later: Remote learning & mental damage
âKids are really struggling
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BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) â Public school students are marking a year of schools being shut-down for in-person learning.
While many districts have reopened buildings using a hybrid model, with students in class two days a week, there are still many students who have not not stepped inside a classroom in more than a year.
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Dr. Amanda Werthman-Ehrenreich, emergency room physician.
âBut we ve had a year of data and it s now safe,â explained Dr. Amanda Werthman-Ehrenreich, emergency room physician.
A group of women physicians now the latest to come forward calling for a full return of five day a week, in-person learning at schools.
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The U.S. Department of Education has denied a request from the New York State Education Department to forego state assessments this year, but they are offer
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