Enough is enough! All New Yorkers have had enough of irresponsible, archaic state government that hashes out a budget in secret with three men in a room all from downstate. The budget crisis needs to be addressed today and these are the cuts I propose to fill the ever- widening gap. This legislature should implement these cuts immediately and should have returned to session "yesterday" instead of ignoring this catastrophic situation.
| • | Eliminate Member Item Grants | $250,000,000 |
| • | Streamline State Agencies with similar/overlapping functions | $960,000,000 |
| • | Eliminate funding for state government to buy private land | $60,000,000 |
| • | Eliminate funding for Personal Care Level 2 (i.e. maid service) | $8,000,000 |
| • | Eliminate translation services for Medicaid Recipients | $10,720,000 |
| • | Eliminate new non-emergency vehicle purchases/leases for one year | $14,000,000 |
| • | Eliminate Medicaid program offerings to align with national average | $600,000,000 |
| • | Increase Medicaid fraud recovery measures | $2,200,000,000-$4,000,000,000 |
| Total Savings | $4,102,700,000 - $5,902,700,000 | |