DiNapoli declined to pick sides in the latest fight between Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over funding for NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation's largest
municipal public hospital system and New York's largest provider of safety - net care.
The Strategy
Municipal bonds, also known as munis, are issued by states, cities, counties and other government entities below the federal level in order to raise money for
public improvements like highways, bridges, schools,
hospitals, sewer
systems, water treatment plants and other such projects.
In 1958, he defied the New York
municipal hospital system's ban on prescribing contraception, initiating a citywide revolt, led by Planned Parenthood, which succeeded in lifting the taboo on family planning in New York City
public hospitals.