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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spoke of the looming state budget deficit during a question-and-answer session with Herald editors on March 4.
Skelos: Don't miss chance to trim spending
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending. more
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Hal Peterson
Reforming Medicaid: 'It's a slam dunk?'
I have to admit, I’m having a problem understanding how, in just 33 working days, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team was able to recommend 79 cost cutting measures to save $2.3 billion in the upcoming budget. I’ll address this concern from three viewpoints. 
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Cuomo and Skelos get it right
On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.” more
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How to balance the budget: a modest proposal
Last week I attended a lecture by George Will, the columnist who proudly claims, with only a modicum of hyperbole, that he hasn’t approved of a president since Calvin Coolidge. That’s how conservative he is. more
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Rex gets fined, and so will the American people
Jets head coach Rex Ryan, the Big Apple’s newest favorite son, gave a bunch of rowdy Dolphins fans the finger after they heckled him in a Miami bar. The Jets fined Ryan $50,000. more
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A budget crisis of the state’s making
It’s a truism of politics: In times of economic collapse, hard-liners seek scapegoats to blame rather than bipartisan solutions to offer hope. more
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