While New York State Gov. David Paterson is sure to be greeted by crowds when he arrives at Broome County Community College tomorrow for his town hall meeting, they likely won’t be the most supportive kind.

Many are expected to rally tomorrow to protest the Governor’s plans for the upcoming state budget, which cuts funding in a variety of areas in order to lower state debt.

Those rallying will include representatives from a labor union, the Citizen Action of New York organization and students against money from tuition hikes going toward the state’s deficit.

While none of those planning to attend the rally deny the state is in a spending deficit, they believe the plans on how to use the money for the budget should be re-evaluated.

The Civil Service Employee Association Local 648, led by President David Lee, will be staging a rally.

The CSEA is the largest public labor union in New York with 300,000 members — including Binghamton University employees — working administrative, operational and institutional jobs.

“This budget is not a state-wide issue, but really just a symbol of our national economy,” Lee said.

The union is rallying for fewer taxes and job cuts for the working class.

Lee said there are 13 vacant cleaning jobs available on campus, which are only being worked by temporary employees who receive no benefits.

“Everyone should receive benefits,” Lee said. “It’s getting to a point where it’s no better than working for a big business like Wal-Mart.”

Lea Webb, Binghamton city councilwoman and a director at Citizen Action of New York, said “everything” about the budget plans have her concerned.

“The planned $2.5 billion cut in education will be detrimental to the local economy,” Webb said.

Citizen Action of New York, an organization that works for economic and social justice, is also planning to hold a rally before the meeting.

Many rally attendees are advocating that New York state should adopt a fair share tax system, which increases income tax percentages for the upper class.

Right now, people who earn $40,000 and $4,000,000 in income are being taxed at the same rate of 6.85 percent.

Under the proposed fair share system, those with an income of over $1,000,000 would be charged 10.30 percent in income taxes.

“We need a more progressive tax system,” Webb said. “Our debt problems can be fixed through reformed tax rates and not through cuts to education and health areas that produce a healthy workforce for the future.”

Basheer Bergus, a junior history and English major who plans to attend the rallies, said he believes the state has the wrong intentions when it comes to cutting funding for the State University of New York school system.

A proposed portion of the budget would put tuition hike money toward curing the state debt.

“The state should be funding education and it shouldn’t be the other way around,” Bergus said.