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Government consolidation
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Cuomo presents his 2014-15 budget
Governor Andrew Cuomo is sticking to his claim that if the state continues to hold down spending increases, the budget will have a $2 billion surplus by the 2016-17 budget year. And during his budget address this afternoon, Cuomo once again said that the surplus will enable a suite of tax cuts for businesses as […]
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Merge and meld?
Merge and meld? Voters may seem to have squashed any thoughts of government consolidation last November, but cold, hard budget facts may force the issue back into public debate. Consolidation on a service level came up last week, for instance, at a City Council hearing on Mayor Bill Johnson’s budget proposal. Patricia Malgieri, CEO […]
