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OPDD funds restored; cuts to services avoided
Oct 08, 2013 5:46 am
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Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk (right) with co-sponsors of the measure to restore OPWDD funding, Sen. Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg of Long Island.
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Kyle Adams is reporting in The Daily Mail a total of $90 million in proposed spending cuts for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities included in the state’s final 2013-2014 budget have now been restored. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a measure restoring the full $90 million last month. The cuts would have also meant the loss of federal matching funds for the agency, doubling the loss from $90 million to $180 million, according to Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk’s (KAT-chik's) office. The cuts would have meant a reduction of $1 million for Columbia County’s COARC, $2.3 million for Ulster-Greene ARC and $800,000 for Schoharie County ARC. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk (right) with co-sponsors of the measure to restore OPWDD funding, Sen. Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn and Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg of Long Island.(Courtesy photo)[/caption]
Kyle Adams is reporting in The Daily Mail a total of $90 million in proposed spending cuts for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities included in the state’s final 2013-2014 budget have now been restored. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a measure restoring the full $90 million last month. The cuts would have also meant the loss of federal matching funds for the agency, doubling the loss from $90 million to $180 million, according to Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk’s (KAT-chik's) office. The cuts would have meant a reduction of $1 million for Columbia County’s COARC, $2.3 million for Ulster-Greene ARC and $800,000 for Schoharie County ARC. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.