New York State’s spending on cultural organizations would be reduced by $9.6-million under a budget for the next fiscal year proposed this week by Gov. David A. Paterson, reports The New York Times.

Most of the cut would be borne by the New York State Council on the Arts, which would lose $6.5-million in grant-making funds and $600,000 for administration. The 2010-11 budget is due to be enacted by April 1.

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