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Paterson urges cuts to health care, school aid

Gov. David A. Paterson, speaking in Great Neck Sunday morning, repeated his call for state legislators to pass midyear budget cuts to health care and school aid, saying failure to do so would be "penny-wise and pound-foolish."

Paterson's warning came after a scholarship event at the Great Neck Synagogue. In the crowd were state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who said he believes the budget deficit...

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