By Tom Precious
News Albany Bureau Chief
ALBANY – The most important work during a legislative session in Albany is set to take place over the next two weeks: negotiations between the governor and state lawmakers over a new state budget that affects everything from taxes to schools to government-funded health care.
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Read the full story from Tom Precious and Maki Becker
Ellen Przepasniak
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Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives the State of the State address in Albany on Jan. 8, 2020.
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