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Cuomo's Albany Fails to Address Major Issues

 

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And so another legislative session in Albany is ending, without a thing being done to turn this state around.

For struggling New Yorkers there was nothing. Zero. Zilch.

We have the highest property taxes in America because of Albany's unfunded mandates, yet there was no mandate relief.

We have the worst economic outlook in America, yet nothing was done to grow the economy;

We have the second highest electric rates in America, but natural gas beneath our feet remains untapped.  

We have an insanely high gas tax. Too bad for you, they say.  

Cities like Syracuse and localities statewide are buckling under the pressure of passalong costs from Medicaid and pension benefits.  No relief there.  

So what was Albany working on?

Lowering the speed limit in a traffic-choked city where you're lucky to go 5-miles-an-hour; a debate over whether to kill a couple hundred Mute Swans -- I'm not sure where that one ended up -- and passing new regulations on "light pollution," whatever that is.

Now, these may all be very good bills, but where are the priorities? Where is the real help you promised, Mr. Cuomo?

New York is systematically losing to every other state in this country and we're talking about Mute Swans.

That's Andrew Cuomo's Albany.

We can do better than this, New Yorkers. When I get to Albany, it's the urgent priorities, the real priorities, that will come first.

Nothing will happen in Albany, until we get tax relief, job growth, energy production, Common Core repeal, term limits, and ethics reform.

All else will have to wait.

And if the mute swans could talk, I'm sure they, especially would agree. 

 

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