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State to give company $1.2 billion to move here

ALBANY - Despite a fiscal crisis hitting the state and a $2-billion budget shortfall for the year, Gov. David A. Paterson said yesterday that the state will go ahead with a plan to bring a new microchip plant upstate, luring the company with $1.2 billion in financial support.

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