Audio Excerpt 1
"It is - and always has been - his intention to avoid resolving the school-funding issue. With this budget proposal, the
Governor is passing on the challenge of C.F.E. on to the next Governor. That means one more year of New York State's children
will be left behind in the global race for the best jobs and the best careers of this new millennium," said Silver.
Audio Excerpt 2
"The tax cuts the Governor is touting are intended to benefit the wealthiest one-percent of New Yorkers. A perfect
example of this is the sales tax on clothing exemption. The Governor joined us in promising this relief for working families. Now,
he is reneging on that promise. He's proposing what amounts to a $600 million tax increase," said Silver.
Audio Excerpt 3
"He has also decided that if you are elderly or your disabled, a bureaucrat in our Health Department - and not a doctor on
appeal - will decide which prescription drugs you receive. He mandates that seniors currently enrolled in our
EPIC program now enroll what has become a national calamity known as "Medicare Part D" program. The Governor's true
priorities are not New Yorkers' true priorities," said Silver
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"He ignores universal pre-K and the Regents' recent recommendation for universal full-day kindergarten. He ignores the
Regents' standards for education and doesn't fund them. He ignores the education needs of many of our disabled children. He
fails, totally, to increase operating aid, notwithstanding his rhetoric," said Silver.
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