Battleground Albany
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- October
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Published reports say that Larry Schwartz, the former Westchester Deputy County Executive and now top adviser to Gov. David Paterson, is in open conflict with the state’s new Lt. Governor, Richard Ravitch. At issue, is how the governor should proceed with budget cuts, the New York Post’s Fred Dicker reports.
Schwartz, an always-astute reader of the political scene, is said to want Paterson to push the difficult budget cutting decisions onto the Legislature—so that he can, perhaps, regain the support of voters. Ravitch, who is often credited with shepherding New York City out of bankruptcy in the 1970s, is said to be more interested in the actual governing part of serving in government, has been urging Gov. Paterson to go ahead and make the hard cuts himself. It will be interesting to keep an eye on these behind-the-scenes machinations.
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on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 1:29 pm by Debra West.
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HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE LARRY SCHWARTZ, WHO ARE NOT ELECTED TO ANY OFFICE, GET TO HAVE SO MUCH POWER? AFTER HIS PART IN RASING WESTCHETER TAXES TO THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, HE GOES ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS WITH THE STATE. HIS ONLY AGENDA IS PERSONAL GAIN, AND THAT OF HIS BOSSES, NOW ITS PATTERSON, AND BEFORE IT WAS ANDY SPANO. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS INFLUENCE.LET HIM RUN FOR OFFICE IF HE WANTS TO RUN THE STATE.