Albany, NY and Yonkers, NY — The New York State Legislature ended deliberations last night at about 10:00 pm. New York State Senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Jeff Klein, and New York State Assemblymen Mike Spano, J. Gary Pretlow, and Richard Brodsky retired having reached agreement for $15.8 million in allocations for the City of Yonkers. While every budget line was and continues to be slashed to reduce the approximate $10 billion budget deficit challenging New York State, the $15.8 million allocation is magnanimous. Considering Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone incorporated a phantom $22 million request from the Albany Delegation that had previously been denied by the NYS Assembly but earned approval by the NYS Senate. The $15.8 million agreed upon sum left a gaping hole in Mayor Amicone’s FY2010-2011 Budget. By Friday morning it had been learned that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had agreed to allocate $21 million for the city side of the equation.
The education side of the equation will be scrutinized on Monday. More information as it unfolds.
And, a sincere thank you to the entire Albany Delegation for their concerted effort on behalf of COY and Yonkersites.
Mayor Amicone was appraised of the good news this morning.
A spokeperson representing the mayor's office has not made themselves available for comment when inquiry was made by telephone. A follow-up email was sent.
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/furor_at_budget_for_rabbis_pcVkJ4zRPotwDjMFYs8zTN Mazel Tov
Any chance we get back our downtown library Saturdays back?
$1.60 rise in cigarette tax.No one taxes the poor more than the Democrats.
Now he has more time to spend on his “other activities”,,,xoxoxox……
WOW – MIKE SPANO DID GREAT FOR YONKERS 21 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY – MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR CITY DURRING THESE TOUGH TIMES.
Delegation delivers?????
Are you f***ng kidding me?
This $ was already in the ASSembly budget.
They didn’t “deliver” anything
If they want to deliver then change the funding formulas and cut superflous State agencies!