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Paterson Details the Damage: 'Cause for Grave Concern'

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September 15, 2008 | 3:27 p.m
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It's Governor Paterson's turn for a statement. He chose to lay out the scope of this weekend's events:

These three firms – Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch – had nearly 30,000 employees in New York, paid roughly 10 percent of Wall Street wages, and approximately 15 percent of all Wall Street bonuses.

20 percent of State revenue is derived from Wall Street. While the full impact of these events may not be known for months or even years, the fact that financial services firms that were able to survive the Great Depression, world wars, and the September 11th attacks collapsed under the weight of the current financial crisis is cause for grave concern.

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