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Monday, July 06, 2009
 
CityJournal's Steven Malanga is digging again in NYC and NYS finances noting:

"Over Bloomberg’s tenure, the city has, thanks to annual spending increases,
expanded the budget on an inflation-adjusted basis faster than any mayor since
John Lindsay, whose spending pushed New York to the edge of bankruptcy (see “New York’s Next Fiscal Crisis,” Summer 2008)."

Remember this when "Mayor Mike" starts blustering about cost-cutting and his fiscal responsibility - neither of which are true in any meaningful fashion.

Malanga's full article is here: The City’s Finances: Budget-Cutting Made Simple

posted by anonymous at 12:28 PM

 
Frederic U. Dicker finally gives up on NY. And he was one of the holdouts.

See http://www.nypost.com/seven/07052009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/albany__i_give_up_177689.htm?&page=0

Money quote:

"After three decades as a journalist covering state government, if I had to
do it all over again, I'd find another job.

I've covered Govs. Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson and for New York to wind up like this after 35 years of modern leadership, it's clear to me that my real job has been to chronicle the devolution -- the decay and decline -- of New York state."


posted by anonymous at 12:20 PM

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