Gov. David Paterson insisted the $750 million in scheduled payments to schools and local governments that will be withheld tomorrow are not a “cut” or an “impoundment.”
“The state has run out of money,” Paterson declared. “…We think we are well within the bounds of legal authority.”
NYSUT is reviewing its legal options.
Paterson defended his actions in a Plattsburgh Press-Republican OpEd.
One in five legislators have staffers who do double-duty as their campaign treasurers - an arrangement good government advocates warn could present a conflict of interest.
“Albany’s entrenched pay-to-play culture doesn’t get much more naked than this,” the DN says.
The relationship between the governor and the Legislature is so bad that Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson is refusing to attend formal events with Paterson.
Tired of living on the 32-30 knife’s edge, Senate Democrats are negotiating to make Republicans committee chairs in hopes of improving relations with the minority.
The MTA unveils its new austerity budget this morning, and drastic service cuts are expected.
Paterson said his “hands are tied” when it comes to the MTA because the state has no money.
Andrea Peyser thinks Eliot Spitzer, “whose cast-iron ego will outlast the cockroaches in a nuclear war,” has a good shot at success if he tried for a 2010 comeback.
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum was once so close to ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi that she hired three people close to him, including one of his sons.
Chris Smith marvels at the “indomitability” of New York’s elected officials, writing: “They refuse to go away, even when the law, the voters, or sanity says they should.
The state’s system of juvenile prisons is so riddled with problems the agency overseeing them wants all but the most dangerous of youthful offenders to stay out of them.
The Post likes the idea of letting AG Andrew Cuomo have subpoena power to go after corrupt state lawmakers.
Cindy Adams is standing by her story about Paterson saying he wanted to piss “on” the Legislature.
It’s D-Day for the Kingsbridge Armory project, and so far things are not looking good.
Jordan Moss says Bronx officials can “proudly cross the finish line or meekly toss the keys back to Mayor Bloomberg.” Read more..
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Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook surrendered this morning to federal authorities in Manhattan to face a 13-count indictment accusing him of money laundering and fraud as part of an ongoing probe stemming from a slush fund scandal, according to an indictment unsealed today.