Not exact matches
Though far
drier than the governor's
State of the
State addresses last week, the
budget plan made clear that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, remained intent
on casting his 2017 agenda as an answer to the concerns of the middle class and the economic struggles of upstate New York, a formula that some observers have taken as the prelude to a possible presidential run in 2020.
Now that the ink is
dry on New York
State's
budget, it's a good time to rate Gov. Andrew Cuomo
on the ethics reform promise he made two months ago.
«It's ironic to see
state employee union leaders organizing a protest
on budget cuts that are a direct result of their labor deal, which has sucked our
budget dry,» Fasano said.
New York
State has been relying
on a stream of legal settlements with Wall Street and beyond to balance its
budget — but that stream is running
dry.
President Obama in his
state of the Union address indicated he would seek an additional $ 1.35 Million for Race to the Top even before the ink is
dry on the first round of applications and his
budget proposal consolidates many existing programs into yet more «competitive grants».