Legislature's hearing rooms escape budget cuts
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers who are weighing whether to cut funding for police, soup kitchens and aid for college students during this fiscal crisis are doing so in some spiffy new digs, thanks to $5.2 million to their own hearing rooms.
The improvements include pairs of 3- by 5-foot television screens, better lighting and technology for TV coverage, new carpeting, refurbished seats in the three theater-like rooms, and more prominent name plates for lawmakers. Legislative spokesmen defend the project, begun around 2005, as a way to improve the openness of the Legislature's work and make the rooms more accessible for the disabled. The last major renovation was 35 years ago. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Most Popular |
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