Sentences with phrase «deficit upon taking office»
Some of them may believe that, having gotten the state's finances under control after inheriting a $ 10 - billion deficit upon taking office, Mr. Cuomo will treat them more fairly in a second term.
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When Governor Cuomo faced a $ 10 billion budget deficit upon taking office in 2011, he pushed an austerity budget of cuts and caps to spending, taxes, and state workers, claiming, «I am a progressive who's broke.»
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Also, Spitzer didn't run on a message of fiscal restraint the way Cuomo did, and he didn't face the same massive budget hole to fill upon taking office, although there was — as there usually is — a structural deficit worth between $ 4.3 billion and $ 5 billion.