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Daily News, January 17, 2005
N.Y. Pols Push $1B Stem-Cell Bid
Lisa L. Colangelo
In a bid to catch up to California, Democratic lawmakers pitched a $1
billion stem-cell research plan yesterday.
Golden State voters signed off in November on $3 billion in funding for the
potentially lifesaving research - a move that has left New York hospitals
worried about losing their best and brightest scientists.
New York's proposal, sponsored by state Sen. David Paterson, would ask voters
to okay a plan to issue $1 billion in bonds over 10 years to pay for research
grants.
"Many, many jobs will be lost otherwise," he warned.
The Manhattan Democrat said he hopes Gov. Pataki, a Republican, puts the
stem-cell proposal in his draft of the budget, slated to be released
tomorrow.
State Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), meanwhile, has reintroduced a bill that
would impose strict guidelines on stem cell research in a bid to quiet
critics who oppose the research on ethical grounds.
The bill would "literally outlaw" human cloning, she said.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Pataki declined comment.
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