The Democratic governor told Fred Dicker on Talk - 1300 AM this morning that he still plans to put pension savings into
his emergency budget appropriation should legislators fail to pass his budget.
Not exact matches
The
emergency budget measures include new or renewed
appropriations for various projects, including Peace Bridge capital work and $ 15 million for unspecified «revitalization efforts» in Buffalo.
He said he hopes «cooler heads will prevail» and that a new
budget does not wait until the end of May, when the
emergency appropriation authorization period expires.
A resolution of the County Legislature for any of the following specified purposes shall be submitted to the County Executive for his or her approval or veto in the same manner as provided in this charter for the adoption of ordinances: (a) an allocation from the
budget contingency fund; (b) a supplemental or
emergency appropriation; (c) the issuance of
budget notes or notes in anticipation of the collection of taxes or revenues; and (d) the issuance of bonds, anticipation notes or capital notes.
«They seemed surprised that I did what I said I was going to do to put out
emergency appropriation... They talked about some ways to avoid having to do
emergency appropriations on Monday, but they did not give me the concessions we need that will balance the
budget.»
That's partly why, he added, he decided to start including his
budget cuts in the weekly
emergency appropriation bills he's sending to the Legislature.
«This is a fear that I have and in order to counteract this they are going to have to come pass my weekly
emergency appropriations, where if they don't want to have a
budget, they are at least going to have to address the cuts that we have to make,» Paterson said.
But this year, major elements of the 2010 - 2011
budget were passed over the course of several weeks in June after Gov. David Paterson decided to insert them into his weekly
emergency appropriations.
Lawmakers then would be left with a choice of accepting his
budget as part of
emergency appropriations or shutting down all but essential government services.