The N.Y. legislature overrode a line-item budget veto by Gov. Geo...
The N.Y. legislature overrode a line-item budget veto by Gov. George Pataki (R) that would have removed from the state budget $100 million for local government to get wireless and wireline enhanced 911 networks built and running. The funds…
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would come from a state bond issue. The money in the budget was only 1/3 of what originally was proposed. Pataki had chopped the 911 item as part of an effort to cut $1.3 billion from the state budget. He said he vetoed the 911 item because borrowing wasn’t a wise way to pay for the program.