Gov. not planning layoffs, tax hikes
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  Gov. David Paterson, speaking on an Albany radio news show this hour, said he’s not planning any tax hikes or layoffs of state workers to help get New York out of its fiscal crisis.  But, he added, “I’m not ruling out anything because I don’t know what the future holds.â€
  The governor has called lawmakers back into session next month to cut an additional $2 billion out of this year’s state budget. State officials will have to make cuts in next year’s budget without raising taxes, Paterson said. Budget officials are anticipating a budget gap of $8 billion next year.
  The governor said he’s not trying to be all gloom and doom; he’s just trying to forewarn the public. “I’d like people to be prepared for what we’re in for, for what we’re going to face,†he said.
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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. 
