There's also $ 24 million in so - called bullet aid, which lawmakers hand out to schools, libraries and other educational interests. (nydailynews.com)
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R - Nassau County, acknowledged yesterday's contretemps over $ 9.9 million in bullet aid for education became «testy» but defended the money, which was doled out exclusively to Republican - represented school districts. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Critics of bullet aid have compared the funding to legislative pork, a notion that Skelos, naturally, disagreed with. (nystateofpolitics.com)