Kathleen Horan
Kathleen Horan has worked at WNYC Radio since 2001 and been a reporter in the newsroom since 2006.
Legislative Leaders Play Cards Close on Cutting Budget
Thursday, October 30, 2008
New York, NY –
Governor Paterson says the upcoming elections are preventing legislative leaders from being forthcoming about cuts they'd be willing to make to bridge a $1.5 billion budget gap for this fiscal year.
Patterson says his patience with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican majority will only last another week or so.
PATERSON: I'm not going to let the relationships in Albany allow me to fall into quicksand as I've seen happen to other leaders and nobody gets anything done because somebody has a political problem.
REPORTER: Paterson spoke at a forum on the global fiscal crisis hosted by The Economist Magazine.
Paterson has called a special legislative session on November 18th.
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