ALBANY (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Democratic and Senate Republican majorities say they've agreed on their second straight on-time budget.
The $132.5 billion budget increases spending just 1.9 percent while expanding economic development and jobs programs and providing some protections for the poorest New Yorkers and immigrants.
The agreements with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Leader Dean Skelos include a total 10 percent increase in the welfare grant in June. Cuomo wanted to delay half of that because of the state's slow economic recovery.
The basic welfare grant is about $350 a month for a family of three.
Cuomo says the cornerstone of the deal is his "New York Works" program, which is aimed at creating jobs statewide through public-private partnerships.
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