budget cuts

The New York State DOH shows proposed cuts to Medicaid could cost Southern Tier hospitals and the region's health care economy more than $50 million. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging New York House Republicans to vote against any cuts.

The programs could face service interruptions with the looming cuts to safety net programs in the proposed federal budget.

“We have waited long enough for the federal government to act, and we are going to come up with our own plan.”

“Now more than ever, school districts need more funding in order to make this work in this environment.”

"It’s not like we don’t know what needs to be done. He could make a list of things that needed to be done and start putting them in place."

Some senior staff people volunteered to be furloughed so that others could keep their jobs.