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Medicaid has blown a huge hole in the state budget. New York has always run the nation’s most expensive health-care program for the poor, but recent increases to the minimum wage have sent costs soaring. https://t.co/KawbpNacqa
Last year, Cuomo quietly delayed almost $2 billion in payments from March to April, thereby shifting them to this year’s budget. https://t.co/KawbpNacqa
Medicaid has blown a huge hole in the state budget. Governor Cuomo and the legislature blame other factors, but responsibility for the situation rests with them. https://t.co/KawbpNacqa
Last year, Cuomo quietly delayed almost $2 billion in payments from March to April, thereby shifting them to this year’s budget. https://t.co/KawbpNacqa
When passing the minimum-wage hike in 2016, Cuomo promised to reimburse providers for the extra cost–and that arrangement is now crippling the budget. https://t.co/KawbpNacqa
Governor Cuomo’s State of the State speech offered a grand proposal to expand Penn Station. His plan would absorb an entire city block to construct new train platforms, more than doubling the number of tracks available. https://t.co/me1Skk7Hrb