Senate says there's more to spend

ALBANY - The Republican-led Senate says there's slightly more money to work with than projected in the governor's state budget proposal, while the Democrat-led Assembly predicts a recession and $615 million less to spend.

And so begins the annual budget dance that will determine how much New Yorkers will pay into, and get from, their state government.

The Senate Republicans predicted Tuesday there will be $99 million more in revenue than Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer included in his $124 billion budget proposal.