By Tom Precious
ALBANY -- The all-funds budget for New York -- which includes all sources of revenues -- will jump 5.2 percent in the coming year to $142.6 billion.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the jump is driven largely by an increase in federal funding to help with Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. That pot will total $3.6 billion this year, he said this afternoon.
Overall education funding will rise 4.4 percent under his plan compared to a 4 percent increase last year. He said the new increase he is proposing will amount to an extra $300 per student on average for the state's 700 school districts. He said education aid in the past two years has risen 8.6 percent -- double the inflation rate at a time when school enrollments have decreased by nearly 1 percent.
Total New York state spending jumps
January 22, 2013 - 2:42 PM
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