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ALBANY– State Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, today voted in favor of the state Senate’s one-house budget plan, kicking off negotiations with the Assembly and Governor for the 2017-18 state budget. The Senate’s budget proposals include infrastructure investments, tax cuts, workers’ compensation reforms, and increased funding for direct care professionals.
“Today, Senate Republicans took a principled stand on behalf of our constituents as we laid out our priorities,” Ortt said via press releease. “We strive to improve quality of life across New York by making record investments in clean water, roads and bridges, and education. Senate Republicans oppose the Governor’s and Assembly’s proposed tax hikes and we replace them with tax cuts and workers’ compensation reforms to help our small businesses, our middle class, and our small family farms. Finally, by dramatically increasing funds for direct care workers and rejecting the closure of Western New York’s Children’s Psychiatric Center, we are fighting for our most vulnerable. This one house budget represents our approach to governing and standing up for the issues that matter to our communities.”
