Governor Andrew Cuomo needs to play a more active leadership role in responding to widespread reports of increasing fiscal distress among New York counties, municipalities and school districts, according to this Newsday commentary by the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon.
E.J. expanded on the theme in this interview Tuesday on YNN’s Capital Tonight program.
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