Also: Planning for state layoffs to start immediately.
From The Associated Press:
Gov. David Paterson is forcing the Legislature to reconsider some of his ideas that have already been rejected.
Paterson today announced the agenda for the session he called for Wednesday to finally close the state budget that was due April 1.
Items on the agenda include his proposed cap on local property taxes, a plan to allow the public universities to set higher tuition without legislative approval, a tax on sugar products and authorization to sell wine in grocery stores.
» Read the full story: Budget re-do: Paterson sugar tax, prop cap back on agenda [The Associated Press]
» Fed-up governor to make pols 'miserable' [New York Post]
In other state news:
» Some NYS legislators feeling the pinch after 4 months without pay [The Post-Standard]
» Gov. Paterson says planning for layoffs to start immediately [Daily Politics / New York Daily News]
» Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino plans to use eminent domain powers to block mosque at World Trade Center site [Albany Times-Union]