Cuomo cuts $44M in potential pork from budget

Times Union: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put the kibosh late Friday night on a legislative addition to the budget that could potentially give lawmakers $44 million in capital spending to dole out.

In a veto message, Cuomo said that leaving that additional funding in the enacted budget will hurt the state's ability "to maintain a properly balanced budget." The rest of the 123 line item vetoes that the governor made to the state's $175 billion spending plan was for technical reasons.

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