NYPOST.COM Post Opinion: Oped Columnists: WHY PATAKI WON'T SAVE NYC By GEORGE J. MARLIN
May 6, 2003 -- WHEN New York City teetered on the verge of bankruptcy in 1975, Gov. Hugh Carey declared "the days of wine and roses" were over and provided leadership to avert disaster. He united government, labor and bankers behind a carefully crafted plan that forced the city to repudiate the fiscal outrages of the Lindsay years and to overhaul its governing institutions. [
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