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Welfare grant increases in NY budget
By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer
Published 02:06 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2012


ALBANY (AP) — A senior Cuomo administration official says the tentative New York state budget will boost the basic social services benefit by 10 percent while making sweeping changes in education and focusing billions of dollars on construction and economic development in coming years.........................>>>>..............................>>>>....................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news.....15.php#ixzz1qLbomEIY

So, does this mean that the people on welfare are going to be getting 10% better benefits?  Or does it mean that they'll stay the same and the state is going to kick in an additional 10% to the counties?  In Schenectady County, this will make a MAJOR difference, as it's

                                                        SUMMARY OF BUDGET BY SUB PROGRAM           
                                                       State & Federal      Other Revenues and      Balance to be Raised by      
Program                 Appropriations  Reimbursements   Surplus Appropriation      Real Estate Tax Levy      
Social Services      $133,845,642      $49,051,465            $23,969,389                  $60,824,788      

So, will appropriations for the program for the county jump 10% (to $144,230,206.20) or will the state reimbursement jump 10% (assuming all under State and Federal Reimbursements is state, this would bring it up to $53,956,611.50, essentially lowering the amount to be raised from taxes to be about 1/12 lower than it was?

Source of the above numbers is page V of the 2012 Adopted Operating Budget found @ http://schenectadycounty.com/FullStory.aspx?m=63&amid=796

...and if the state is going to pay this additional money, how will they be collecting it?  What additional fees or how much in income taxes additional on those who are working in the county, hence what net benefit / cost change is there to the taxpayer?

Good question Rampage!
My 'guess' would be that the state is going to give/reimburse 10%. Although I would have found it much more advantageous if they  made this state more 'business' friendly by cutting these ridiculous mandates on businesses. Then perhaps there would be more jobs and LESS welfare....yes?

Well....at least for those welfare recipients that actually WANT to work!

Gotta' keep the riots from happening. If they dont get theirs they get terrible upset