(Bloomberg) — New York Governor David Paterson said he’ll push lawmakers to cut welfare and mental-health spending in the next weekly appropriations bill needed to keep state government operating while its annual budget remains unfinished.
The reductions would help close an $8.5 billion budget gap for the year that began April 1. Paterson said the adjustments to the programs were part of the $955 million of cuts and savings he proposed for the two areas in his 2011 budget earlier this year. He intends to include them in the bill he plans to send to lawmakers for a vote June 14.
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