WPCNR Aisles of Albany. February 14, 2005: Assemblyman Adam Bradley of the 89th District released a statement Monday sharply criticising Governor's George Pataki's contingency budget. Mr. Bradley states:

The governor’s release of a contingency budget is further evidence of his effort to become a virtual budget czar, dictating state spending and laws without input from citizens and their representatives in the Legislature. Among other things, the governor’s contingency budget further underfunds education – leaving school districts and property-taxpayers to foot the bill for his wrong choices. For schools in my district, the contingency budget would mean a cut of $3.5 million compared to what the governor proposed just a month ago in his Executive budget.  This proposal is unacceptable since it does not deal with any of the structural problems which need real reform.”