Here’s Governor Cuomo, in a Q&A with reporters after his speech in Utica yesterday.
When asked how he’ll get legislators to drop their resistance to the governor’s plan for greater disclosure of their outside income and business dealings, Cuomo said he’ll try anything.
“I’ll go up and down left, right — it doesn’t matter to me, as long as we get it done,” Cuomo said. [Video after the jump] Read More
SYRACUSE — Governor Cuomo says he is fighting for “control of the state government” and said it will be determined by the legislature’s ability to pass sweeping disclosure rules, a 2-percent cap on property taxes and a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by the end of the legislative session on June 20 — “D-Day,” he called it. Read More
SYRACUSE — Seated in the front row for the first speech of Andrew Cuomo’s statewide tour is Chris Brown, superintendent of West Genesee Central School, and his son, Ben, along with fellow students.
“We’re the wage-freeze district,” Brown, the superintendent told me.
He said he doesn’t necessarily agree with Cuomo’s education cuts, but “he’s the boss” and “we’re going to work within his constraints.”
The district is looking at laying off 52 staffers, he said.
