April 16, 1999

N.Y. Governor's Proposed Cuts for Higher Education Draw Fire From All Sides

By PETER SCHMIDT

Gov. George E. Pataki of New York has met widespread resistance to his austere budget plans for public colleges and student aid, even among his usual allies in the Legislature and on public-university governing boards.

As of last week, both houses of the Legislature had resoundingly rejected a proposal by the Republican Governor to overhaul the state's chief student-aid program and cut spending on it by

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