UNION PREZ RIPS PLANNED SUNY CUTS (Updated)
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“Without these funds, SUNY will not be able to deliver the educational and health-care services that students, parents and hospital patients have already paid for,’’ said Smith, president of United University Professions.
The state Budget Division has ordered a 3.35 percent cut in most state spending because of an anticipated financial problems later this year. The cut hits SUNY unusually hard because it applies not only to state taxpayers funds the university system gets, but also to tuition, dorm fees, hospital charges and other money it takes in.
There was no immediate response from the Budget Division.
Updated:
Here’s a response from Jeffrey Gordon, state budget spokesman:
“Given the serious fiscal difficulties facing New York State, every state agency needs to economize. The savings are a very small portion of SUNY’s $4.5 billion budget and we are working with them to implement these savings in a way that won’t compromise the important services SUNY provides. ”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
