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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 457-09
October 15, 2009

STATEMENT OF MAYOR BLOOMBERG ON GOVERNOR PATERSON’S STATE DEFICIT REDUCTION PLAN

“One of the most serious threats to New York City’s future is the possibility that the State will not get its fiscal house in order quickly.  We’ve witnessed the impacts California’s budget crisis has had on Los Angeles, and we cannot afford a similar fate here.  I commend the Governor for trying to treat everyone fairly with evenly distributed cuts.  Since his first days in office, the Governor has tried to bring some needed sense of fiscal responsibility to Albany.  He is continuing that effort with this plan, through spending reductions and the new, more affordable pension tier we have been pushing for, which would produce enormous long-term savings for the City.”







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