Mid-Morning Read: Bloomberg Cuts

If you couldn’t buy a newspaper yesterday, you weren't alone. Bloomberg had “odd timing” in the announcement of his budget measures, but is “doing the right thing,” writes the New York Times editorial board. Bean-counter Larry Littlefield isn’t happy with how Michael Bloomberg and Christine Quinn are handling it. “Any cuts to the operational side of the Fire Department will jeopardize civilian and firefighter lives,” said Uniformed Firefighters Association President, Steve Cassidy. “We may have less money for education, but maybe students will be more motivated to achieve the seemingly impossible as Obama did,” Michael Daly writes With two weeks until a special session, Paterson is still keeping tax hikes off the table. Remember: the State Senate Republicans still control the special session. But the Democratic sweep could... [read full story]                    

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