Post by Logan on Dec 23, 2019 3:14:08 GMT -6
ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office has been on a public relations blitz this week, rolling out daily tidbits of what he will be proposing Jan. 8 in his annual State of the State address.
The bid to get Cuomo’s name in headlines in an otherwise slow news period – impeachment vote in Washington notwithstanding – has included plans to toughen rape laws, ban Styrofoam containers and, on Friday, increase penalties for non-Indian stores selling untaxed cigarettes.
What there hasn’t been is any bold and big announcement involving the spending of state government dollars.
It is a bow to the fact that Albany is facing its worst operating deficit – $6.1 billion – since the first year Cuomo took office in 2011.
Read more: buffalonews.com/2019/12/21/amid-big-deficit-cuomo-slowly-rolling-out-his-2020-agenda-for-albany/
The bid to get Cuomo’s name in headlines in an otherwise slow news period – impeachment vote in Washington notwithstanding – has included plans to toughen rape laws, ban Styrofoam containers and, on Friday, increase penalties for non-Indian stores selling untaxed cigarettes.
What there hasn’t been is any bold and big announcement involving the spending of state government dollars.
It is a bow to the fact that Albany is facing its worst operating deficit – $6.1 billion – since the first year Cuomo took office in 2011.
Read more: buffalonews.com/2019/12/21/amid-big-deficit-cuomo-slowly-rolling-out-his-2020-agenda-for-albany/