Spectrum News reports that Assemblyperson Jake Ashby is upset that scholarships for gold star families aren’t in this year’s state budget proposal. “The governor said this was a priority and often says in his budgets that a budget is about priorities and why issues we may think don’t belong in the budget appear. Is this a priority or not, governor?” The funding was in the 2019 budget. Ashby, a Republican who represents Rensselaer County and parts of Columbia County in the 107th District, said Cuomo also proposes to cut some money from the Dwyer fund, a peer-to-peer counseling program for veterans. “This is a huge, huge issue for veterans coming back who are attempting to reintegrate, and their families,” said Ashby, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Captain in the army reserve. “Again, we’re seeing that this has been cut and we have to go back and we have to fight for it.” New York has a $6 billion budget deficit. Read more about this story at the Spectrum News website.