Paterson's deadline for Senate action questioned
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Governor David Paterson has drawn a red circle around Tuesday on the calendar, marking what he says is a critical deadline for New York's deadlocked Senate.
In the balance hang mayoral control of New York City schools and the authority local governments need to raise revenue to balance their budgets without further increasing property taxes. But deadlines in Albany have been known to be fluid and some say the urgency voiced by Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is more bluster than substance. Others say that although the public sector won't come crashing down at midnight Tuesday if the Senate doesn't act, idle time in the Legislature can be an enemy of the public good. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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