Sunday, 4 March 2012

$1.1M more for Albany under Assembly aid plan.(Main)

Byline: RICK KARLIN Capitol bureau

ALBANY - The city of Albany would get about $1.1 million more under the Assembly's plan to triple the amount of municipal aid proposed in Gov. George Pataki's budget plan, Democratic leaders said Monday.

Schenectady would get approximately $940,000 more than the $880,000 increase the governor has proposed, while Troy would get another $1 million.

Overall, Assembly Democrats want to add $100 million more to municipal aid, compared with Pataki's $50 million increase.

The increase, unveiled Monday, is the latest front in the annual budget tug of war between the governor and Assembly.

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