The Lede: Cuomo's Budget, Assembly's Budget, Senate's Budget

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State Cuts Hit Albany Economy: "Brookings Institution report says only two of the nation's larger state capitals -- Phoenix and Boise, Idaho -- have lost a higher percentage of state-government jobs during the downturn than the Capital Region" (Albany Times-Union)

Dueling Budgets:Assembly passes one version, Senate another. (WNYC)

Where Senate Parts with Cuomo:"The Senate stripped out key provisions of Cuomo's $2.3 billion Medicaid-redesign plan and pulled out $500,000 in competitive-grant programs for schools." (NY Post)

And in Assembly: Speaker Sheldon Silver "called the tax surcharge a 'priority' for his members and said the Senate should 'look at it and take it seriously.' (NY Times)

'School Closure Binge': Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is pushing for a moratorium. (NY Daily News)

Probation for Former Council Leader for Tax Evasion: Federal judge was leaning to prison, but said he was swayed by people vouching for Andrew Stein. (NY Times)

Retired Sergeant Interviewed in MTA Officer Shooting:"Mr. Cafarella spent most of his more than 20 years in the New York Police Department with its Emergency Services Unit, an elite team of officers who often respond to violent encounters with disturbed subjects in heavily equipped trucks." (NY Times)

Bloomberg Talks Guns in Washington:"This is just no courage on the part of Americans to stand up and say 'Enough.'" (NY Daily News)

Park 51 Lawsuit:"The American Center for Law and Justice, which filed the law suit along with a former firefighter, has argued that the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission arbitrarily opted against naming the building a landmark." (Wall Street Journal)

Ray Kelly:Fatal Queens beating a hate crime. (NY Times)

Obama Fundraiser in Harlem: the dinner later this month goes for "$30,800 a head, with funds going to the Democratic National Committee." (Politico)

NYC Loves Obama:Bloomberg, not so much. (Empire)