Hometown News: Cheers and Jeers for Gov

Governor Paterson was met by cheers and jeers yesterday during appearances in Western New York. The cheers came when Paterson announced in Niagara Falls that Western New York will be getting 72-million dollars in federal stimulus funds for bridge, highway and road projects, which should create around 17-hundred jobs. He also discussed his plan to layoff about 89-hundred state workers. At the home opener for the Buffalo Bisons at Coca-Cola Field, some fans booed when they heard he would throw out the ceremonial first pitch.