SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner today reiterated her call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state leaders to address the fiscal problems of cities before cities face bankruptcy or the imposition of state control boards. (syracuse.com)
Even with their operations under a special state control board, the New York Racing Association is doing a poor job of planning capital improvements at its tracks: Aqueduct in Queens, Belmont Park in Elmont and Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, according to an audit released Wednesday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. (timesunion.com)
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last month vetoed a bill that critics viewed as an attempted end run around the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state control board — and by extension Curran. (newsday.com)