Posted on 04/02/2019 5:28:48 PM PDT by Libloather
ALBANY, N.Y. — Special Olympics New York now says it's been assured by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that the organization will receive the full $200,000 in state funding it received last year.
That's after it was revealed in the recently approved state budget that the organization would be getting a $50,000 cut from previous years, down to $150,000.
The state's original budget came just days after a proposal to eliminate $17.6 million in funding for the Special Olympics on the federal level was reversed and restored.
Special Olympics New York CEO Stacey Hengsterman released a short statement to 2 On Your Side Tuesday morning, which you can read below.
(Excerpt) Read more at wgrz.com ...
Time to raise the governor’s pay by 40%.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/02/andrew-cuomo-defends-his-huge-pay-raise/
gee I didn’t hear AOC and others on the commie left go after DeBlasio for basically doing what Trump did but hey it’s only bad when Republican does it
I mean Cuomo not DeBlasio
Cuomo was Trumped.
Trump should look at moving out Federal back-office ops to cheaper environs.
I’m sorry, but why is this costing anything in the first place? Rent a stadium and they compete. Do we really need to spend taxpayers money on this? It will be Gay and transgender Olympic next
Although I am a great supporter of Special Olympics and have given to the cause over the years, I do not support the federal government funding Special Olympics or any other like organization.
You can take the crook out of the Mafia, but you can’t take the crook out of the crook.
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