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New York.(ACROSS STATE LINES)(York State Legislature's budget and gubernatorial...

By Pollak, Peter G.
Publication: Campaigns & Elections
Date: Monday, May 1 2006

The New York State Legislature passed the budget on time budget for the second year in a row, a major accomplishment after having failed to do so for the previous 20 years. Yet, given that Gov. George Pataki is a lame duck and the heads of the legislature--Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver--are not, the timely budget only means that the battlegroun

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