The Morning Read: Wednesday, February 22, 2007
Hillary may lose the black vote, according to Errol Louis.
Eliot Spitzer has a budget fight on his hands with 1199 SEIU and the Greater New York Hospital Association.
Spitzer may ignore recommendations from a Pataki-controlled committee in deciding who gets the state's horse racing franchise.
There is major under-reporting of crimes in the city's public schools, according to a report by Betsy Gotbaum.
2009 mayoral candidates weigh in on a report that said state and local taxes in New York are higher than in most other major cities.
The student paper at Brooklyn College has removed a story posted its website (and linked here) about Wesley Clark's upcoming memoir and presidential plans.
The Post editorial board's treatment of Hillary continues to trend away from benign. "If she was that close to the levers of power, how is it that she seems to have learned so little of what the responsibilities of office really are?"
And newly City Councilman Mathieu Eugene has to find a home in the district quickly.
-- Azi Paybarah
There is one story that seems more important than the others here: New York taxes are much higher than other cities. This hits every taxpayer where it hurts.
There is one major villain here. *Public authorities* are responsible for a huge amount of state debt, and eventually we the taxpayers subsidize their lack of accountability.
I don't trust Spitzer to regulate public authorities, and I certainly don't expect Silver or Bruno to look out for the taxpayers.
I do hope publications like this do their job, but I'm not counting on it. I'm going to count on people like Norman Oder to keep an eye on the MTA, ESDC and the rest of those money-suckers.
Poor job prospects for new college grads, highest taxes in America, schools getting worse not better, sky high rents and property values, etc., etc.
Yeah bloomberg, the quality of life sucks for most working people in NYC,thanks in large part to your poor fiscal management of the city and runaway real estate development.