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The $254.3 Billion Secret: Behind Closed Doors - Without You.

Author: By Danielle Cassase, Co - Director and Co -Founder, Project CIVICA

Every spring, headlines announce that New York State leaders have “reached a budget deal.” Often, the public hears this news after the real decisions have already been made—usually behind closed doors, negotiated by a few powerful figures in Albany. By the time the details come out, the budget is hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pages long. The votes come quickly. The process ends quietly. And life goes on. But it shouldn’t.

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