Albany, NY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed 129 items that the Legislature included in the $132 billion state budget for this fiscal year, including $5,000 for the Bronx Library Center and $250,000 for grants to school districts, libraries and nonprofits.
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In accompanying messages, Cuomo says some items are wrongly categorized as re-appropriations of existing grant money rather than new spending, while others duplicate funding already in the budget.
The Cuomo administration says Wednesday the vetoes represent about $640,000 of new member items, the so-called “pork-barrel” spending directed by legislators, as well as technical corrections.
Other vetoed items include $5,000 for the Dwarfe Giraffe Little League, $5,000 for the Queens Symphony Orchestra and $1,000 for the Irish Repertory Theatre Company, all three from the state parks budget.
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