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<title>Budget watchdog group: Cuomo pension plan a &quot;gimmick&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21511/20130226/budget-watchdog-group-cuomo-pension-plan-a-quot-gimmick-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 26, 2013) State lawmakers return to Albany later this week, and have just over three weeks to meet a self-imposed deadline to finish the state budget. Negotiations on a spending plan come amid a growing  push back to a key proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help local governments meet pension payments. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21511/20130226/budget-watchdog-group-cuomo-pension-plan-a-quot-gimmick-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[State lawmakers return to Albany later this week, and have just over three weeks to meet a self-imposed deadline to finish the state budget. Negotiations on a spending plan come amid a growing  push back to a key proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help local governments meet pension payments. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21511/20130226/budget-watchdog-group-cuomo-pension-plan-a-quot-gimmick-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:35</itunes:duration>
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<title>Silver on the fence on pension payment-easing plan</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21347/20130130/silver-on-the-fence-on-pension-payment-easing-plan</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 30, 2013) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo&apos;s pension stabilization plan could face some obstacles in the legislature.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he wants to know what the State Comptroller thinks of the idea first. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21347/20130130/silver-on-the-fence-on-pension-payment-easing-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo&apos;s pension stabilization plan could face some obstacles in the legislature.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he wants to know what the State Comptroller thinks of the idea first. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21347/20130130/silver-on-the-fence-on-pension-payment-easing-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<title>How Cuomo&apos;s pension plan could help North Country schools</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21339/20130129/how-cuomo-apos-s-pension-plan-could-help-north-country-schools</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 29, 2013) It took a few days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his budget plan last week for many North Country school districts to realize they had a problem. The initial funding proposal didn&apos;t provide enough money to help them out of the budget hole.But there&apos;s still some hope in the governor&apos;s proposal. His plan includes more than $200 million in what&apos;s called fiscal stabilization funding. The idea is to help schools with a spike in pension costs this year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21339/20130129/how-cuomo-apos-s-pension-plan-could-help-north-country-schools">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Julie Grant</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It took a few days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his budget plan last week for many North Country school districts to realize they had a problem. The initial funding proposal didn&apos;t provide enough money to help them out of the budget hole.But there&apos;s still some hope in the governor&apos;s proposal. His plan includes more than $200 million in what&apos;s called fiscal stabilization funding. The idea is to help schools with a spike in pension costs this year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21339/20130129/how-cuomo-apos-s-pension-plan-could-help-north-country-schools">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, cuomo, education, teachers, union, pension, [loc:44.5956163 -75.1690942], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Cuomo tackles school funding, pensions in budget address</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19144/20120118/cuomo-tackles-school-funding-pensions-in-budget-address</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 18, 2012) Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a budget yesterday that he says is honest, no gimmicks or one-shots, and manageable. It closes a $2 billion deficit, raises health care and education spending and begins mandate relief for local governments. It also tackles pension reform, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose out on an increase in state aid. And Cuomo promises no new taxes. The governor again took sharp aim at what he called the status quo in Albany, demonizing some of its most powerful public labor unions. We have details and reaction this morning, starting with our Albany reporter, Karen DeWitt. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19144/20120118/cuomo-tackles-school-funding-pensions-in-budget-address">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a budget yesterday that he says is honest, no gimmicks or one-shots, and manageable. It closes a $2 billion deficit, raises health care and education spending and begins mandate relief for local governments. It also tackles pension reform, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose out on an increase in state aid. And Cuomo promises no new taxes. The governor again took sharp aim at what he called the status quo in Albany, demonizing some of its most powerful public labor unions. We have details and reaction this morning, starting with our Albany reporter, Karen DeWitt. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19144/20120118/cuomo-tackles-school-funding-pensions-in-budget-address">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:08</itunes:duration>
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<title>Public pensions strain budgets</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17537/20110426/public-pensions-strain-budgets</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 26, 2011) The recent battles in Wisconsin and Ohio over collective bargaining for public workers has shined a light on the pensions government workers often receive. Here in New York, the state’s pension fund is solvent. But costs have been sharply rising for the local governments that pay into it, and now some are calling for changes to the system. Our story from David Chanatry with the New  York Reporting Project at Utica College. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17537/20110426/public-pensions-strain-budgets">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The recent battles in Wisconsin and Ohio over collective bargaining for public workers has shined a light on the pensions government workers often receive. Here in New York, the state’s pension fund is solvent. But costs have been sharply rising for the local governments that pay into it, and now some are calling for changes to the system. Our story from David Chanatry with the New  York Reporting Project at Utica College. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17537/20110426/public-pensions-strain-budgets">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:23</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, budget, albany, pension, employment, retirement, public employees, unions, [loc:43.1009030 -75.2326640], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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