NY lawmakers voice vaping, single-payer concerns

ALBANY — New York's top health officials told lawmakers Tuesday they are unsure how an unexpected $2.3 billion state budget shortfall next year might impact their budgets.At a budget hearing on health care spending, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and Medicaid Director Donna Frescatore said they didn't have any more information about the larger than expected shortfall that was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Monday."That's shocking to me," sa