1.   The governor has proposed a number of cost-cutting measures.

2.   The governor has proposed a new initiative to improve conditions in urban schools.

3.   At the same time the governor proposes to cut spending for drug treatment and social programs that help prevent crime.

4.   But the Assembly Democrats are leery of deep tax cuts that will inhibit their ability to restore spending cuts that the governor has proposed in education and health care.

5.   During the campaign the governor proposed, among other steps, opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to more exploration.

6.   He said the Texas governor has proposed inadequate tax and education proposals and has not addressed health care and Social Security reform.

7.   Hertzberg, who has been speaker for about two months, said the plan contains much of what the governor proposed last month.

8.   In a major policy shift, the governor also proposes that violent and disruptive inmates be housed two to a cell.

9.   In budget negotiations, the governor has proposed folding the Long Island authority into the New York Power Authority, which operates nuclear plants and other utilities.

10.   In reality, the governor did propose modest spending increases in other areas.