Assemblyman Walczyk concerned about long-term effects of $36 billion state budget increase in one year
Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 8:18 am BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week New York State's record-breaking $212 billion budget sends a lot of money to a lot of places that need funding, but Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-Watertown, questions the long-term impact of increasing spending by $36 billion in a single year. Weeks before the budget passed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned of a $16 billion gap, then $5 billion in new revenues were found and the federal government bolstered state coffers to the tune of $28.5 million. The end result? New York lawmakers went into the budget se...
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