This release from Governor Cuomo's office details the budget agreement and breaks down both the money dedicated to certain programs and services and what's new...

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• A plan to figure out locations of three upstate casinos in the state budget is likely not to come to fruition. 
• State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pushing back against an injunction over the state's new gun-control law. 
• Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos says a bill that places a moratorium on hydrofracking is unnecessary. 
• A new resolution out of the state would legalize online poker in New York.
• New gun ranges in Western New York continue to plan their openings following the recent passage of gun control legislation in the state. 
• The federal Department of Veterans Affairs says it won't follow a provision of New York's gun law which would require them to report the names of patients they believe may be a danger to themselves or others. 

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Evoking words and images usually associated with racism, State Senator Bill Perkins says Cuomo needs to shut down the coalition government.

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The State Troopers Police Benevolent Association says they're on-board with the Republican/IDC coalition in the State Senate.

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Senate Democrats have gone as far to threaten a boycott.

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Quinnipiac University poll says strong majority of New Yorkers support Cuomo including his Sandy response.

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Gov. Cuomo will take a wait-and-see approach.

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Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference are joining forces in Albany to the chagrin of Democrats.

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