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Keyword: Hal Peterson
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Last week, Governor Cuomo reviewed with Senate and Assembly member’s key aspects of his Executive Budget for the fiscal year 2014-15. As reported in the press, he is optimistic that state spending …
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Hal Peterson
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2/17/14
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo just released a 54 page year-end summary of accomplishments that will serve (in part) as his campaign platform this year. The report begins with an assertion that he has …
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Hal Peterson
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1/16/14
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In a column published back In February titled “A man is only as good as his word,” I chided Governor Cuomo for not releasing the findings of the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) …
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Hal Peterson
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3/28/13
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My column “New York’s exploding pension crises” caught the attention of a family friend living near the City of San Bernardino, in California. He suggested I read a column published in The …
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Hal Peterson
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3/13/13
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Consider the following recent radio commercial: A vacuum roars in the background. Then comes a women’s voice. “You hear that? “It’s the sound of money and jobs being sucked right out of our state, with New Yorkers going to Connecticut and Atlantic City to gamble.”
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By Hal Peterson
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9/27/12
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This is the first of a three-part series entitled: “The good, the bad and the ugly.”
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Hal Peterson
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7/4/12
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On April 30 Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 44, establishing a 25-voting member “New NY Education Reform Commission” to be chaired by the retired chairman of Citigroup, Robert Parsons.
Once again the need for “reform” comes into play.
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By Hal Peterson
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6/13/12
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My first guest column, “Reforming New York’s dysfunctional state government” was published in the Herald back in August 2010. It addressed political and operational irresponsibility in Albany and noted that if not corrected, they could lead to a new phase of fiscal instability beyond anyone’s imagination.
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Hal Peterson
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4/18/12
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On Feb. 22, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “There must be pension reform in the budget.” I couldn’t agree more, budget or otherwise, as I wrote in my last column, “Cuomo mandates reform of $140 billion state pension system.”
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Hal Peterson
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3/14/12
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On Jan. 14, the New York Times reported that “President Obama on Friday announced an aggressive campaign to shrink the size of the federal government, a proposal less notable for its goal — the fight against bloat that has been embraced by every modern-day president — than for the political challenge it poses to a hostile Congress.”
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Hal Peterson
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2/1/12
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