ALBANY, N. Y. (WRGB) – The state budget does not include $1 million for Lyme and tick-borne illness research. At one point, the $1 million was in the senate version of the budget but it didn’t make the final cut. It would be used to study ticks locally and work toward Lyme Disease prevention. Some state lawmakers like Sen. Sue Serino say they don’t doesn’t understand why so many other things were funded, but not this. “Spend, spend, spend.

Source: WRGB