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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Paterson’s emergency spending bill to the Legislature will include a cap on school and local government property taxes, a smaller restoration to school aid than sought by the Assembly, and several tax and revenue producers tied to school aid.

The plan would eliminate the state’s $9.2 billion deficit.

The bill, to be announced Friday, would allow wine to be sold in grocery stores and temporarily end an exemption on the state’s 4 percent sales tax for clothes and shoes costing less than $110.

Paterson’s plan would also empower the public university systems to set their own tuition to a maximum each year. But he would also increase the Tuition Assistance Plan to help poorer students.

The Legislature opposes some of these measures and has the weekend to seek changes. .

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