Radio segment, text by Karen Dewitt, includes “… New York state is facing the largest budget gap in several years. The $6 billion deficit is due largely to higher costs for Medicaid … The problem began late in the last fiscal year, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget officials delayed one of the state's monthly Medicaid payments to providers, worth $1.7 billion, for three days in late March so it would count in the new fiscal year that began in April. Since then, the gap has grown worse. …”