From Times-Union:
Democrats who dominate the Assembly are quietly pushing to insert pork spending into the state budget, leaders in the chamber said.
The state's ongoing fiscal crunch has meant no new cash for "member items," state funds directed by legislators to non-profit groups in the areas the represent, since 2009.
Last week, Assembly staffers directed Democratic members in the chamber to submit lists of organizations that were in need of funding, several members said. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, confirmed to the Times Union he would push for their inclusion in a spending plan for the coming fiscal year, which must be in place by April 1.
3 comments:
Gonna have to rename it before some politician gets his head chopped off. The Muslims find the term pork offensive.
Every year, members submit these requests. There's nothing unusual here.
The only thing unusual is that the past two governors have rejected these requests.
Sheldon Silver=PORK
Get rid of Silver and get rid of PORK
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