GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF
FIRST AGENCY BUDGET REDUCTION PLANS

The Division of the Budget (DOB) has posted the first 23 approved financial management plans submitted by executive commissioners in response to Governor Paterson’s call for a 3.35 percent reduction in projected agency spending. These spending plans are available on the Division of the Budget’s website.

DOB is currently in the process of reviewing the remaining plans to ensure that the savings agencies proposed are real, recurring, and achievable. As additional proposals are approved, they will be posted to DOB’s website. Updates will be added to the site quarterly to show agencies' progress in achieving their savings goals, and all plans are expected to be approved no later than June 30.

Agencies Plans Released Today include:

• State Office for the Aging (Aging)
• Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
• Division of the Budget
• City University of New York
• Commission on Quality of Care (CQC)
• NYS Development Disabilities Planning Council
• Executive Chamber
• NYS Financial Control Board
• Department of Health (DOH)
• Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC)
• Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR)
• State Insurance Department
• Department of Labor (DOL)
• Office for Technology (OFT/CIO)
• Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG)
• Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD)
• Office of Real Property Services (ORPS)
• Department of State (DOS)
• State University Construction Fund (SUCF)
• State University of New York (SUNY)
• Department of Taxation & Finance
• Office of Welfare Inspector General (OWIG)