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Furloughs, layoffs may be state's next steps
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson and some lawmakers are raising the specter of furloughs - and even layoffs - of state workers to help close the growing budget deficit, as other big states have done.
"We've not had to furlough or lay off any workers, but the means of balancing budgets are becoming less and less available, and everything is on the table," Paterson said recently. "We are going...
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