NY lawmakers meet over budget cuts

ALBANY Paterson is pushing midyear cuts in school aid growth, health care and other funding in the face of fierce opposition from Albany's most powerful lobbying forces, led by teachers and other public employee unions.

Outside the Capitol, more than 1,000 demonstrators marched in the cold Tuesday to protest Paterson's plan, which includes reduced funding for services to the homeless, immigrants and other programs.

Paterson projects $47 billion in deficits over the next three years because of the meltdown on Wall Street and what he describes as years of overspending by the state to benefit special interests.

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