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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Budget: Spending Kept in Line; No New Taxes; Investments Made in Schools, Jobs and Parks

As I write this column, we are closing out on a long week of budget talks and have just passed the state budget in Albany.  I was happy with the budget process.  It was done during the daylight and lawmakers had plenty of time to review the bills before voting.  Again, we met the April 1 deadline–the second time in two years.

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Making New York Work Again

For the second year in a row, I can report your State Legislature and Governor worked together on a bipartisan basis to pass an on-time budget that works for you and your family. Why is that important? Because, after years spent earning its reputation as the “most dysfunctional” government in America, Albany is starting to show it can get the job done.

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