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Even though the state budget isn't done yet, the City of Albany is going to get the $12.5 million in state aid that it desperately needs.
It's a one year deal, and Mayor Kathy Sheehan says the consequences of not getting the money would have been severe.
Sheehan says recreation services and garbage collection would have had to been cut. She also says the city would have had to keep a lid on hiring.