Not exact matches
Groups
Propose More Balanced and Economically Sensible Approach to Balancing
State Budget; Call on Federal Government to Address Revenue Aspects of Governor
Pataki's $ 54 Billion Plan
In 2003
Pataki made a controversial
budget proposal in which he
proposed several tax cuts, despite the
state's rising deficits due to drying up tax revenue from the once boom to now bust dotcom sector, and resulting tech layoffs.
Edmund J. McMahon, the director of the Empire Center for New York
State Policy, an affiliate of the conservative policy group the Manhattan Institute, called the
proposed spending increase the largest in an executive
budget «since
Pataki's first election - year
budget.»
George
Pataki proposed the higher court fees and rates for lawyers in his
proposed 2003 - 2004
budget, which the
state Assembly and Senate approved.