Behind Andrew Cuomo’s stall on slashing spending to balance NY’s budget

On April 2, with New York’s COVID-19 curve still rising ominously, state lawmakers wrapped up a budget almost unchanged from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pre-pandemic January proposal. With the economy in a coma and revenues crashing, the plan obviously was awash in red ink. “We can’t spend what we don’t have,” Cuomo said, implying he would...

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