Jon S. Corzine
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Jon S. Corzine announced that he would ask the State Supreme Court to freeze financing for the poorest school districts because of budgetary constraints. But the significance of Mr. Corzine's move was not lost on anyone with a legislative, legal, or educational role in the long-running school-financing lawsuit. His budget calls for an increase in the sales tax, a new tax on hospital beds, and more than $2 billion in spending cuts. But in the wake of the Abbott brief filed by Attorney General Zulima V. Farber, Mr. Corzine was hailed by Republicans who have long criticized the Abbott system as being outdated, unfair, and in need of an overhaul. And the fact that the Corzine administration released the brief late Friday did not escape notice among supporters and detractors, as well.