ALBANY -- Environmental groups banded together Thursday to protest Gov. David Paterson's plan to cut cash from the state Environmental Protection Fund, which is used to support parks, farmland protection, air- and water-quality programs, municipal recycling programs, landfill closures and zoos and botanical gardens.
Paterson wants to cut the fund from $255 million to $205 million next year, despite a 2007 law that requires the fund to increase to $300 million by 2009.
"We can understand why the Legislature and the governor want to cut state spending by 10 percent, but why are they proposing to cut environmental spending by 30 percent or more?" said Brian …
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