New York Governor's budget proposal address at The Egg in Albany at 2 p.m., Tue., Jan. 17 was streamed live (see video below) on the WGXC Newsroom through http://www.governor.ny.gov/. Funding for towns in Greene and Columbia counties remain flat in the governor's proposal. See chart below. While the funding for each local town remains the same, Cuomo does propose some mandate relief and taking some Medicare costs away from the towns. “Governor Cuomo has put in his Executive Budget strong measures to relieve local governments of burdensome mandates," Albany County Executive Dan McCoy said in a press release quoted in the Albany Times-Union. "His changes to the Medicaid program and pension reform promise real, long-lasting relief for property taxpayers. Our state will benefit from the Governor’s leadership on mandate relief, and I commend him for putting forward a plan that puts the people first and makes the right decisions to get our state back on the right track.” Listen a a :30 clip of Gov. Cuomo introducing the budget here. PLAY CLIP
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