AFSCME Supports CWA Strikers in New York City

• Mar 05 Lobby Day

• Apr 08 Moody's: Pension smoothing 'a stopgap with long-term risks' The Journal News Moody’s Investors Services warned Monday that the state’s new pension-smoothing plan is “a stopgap with long-term risks” that could endanger the state’s pension fund and the credit of local governments.
• Apr 08 Canal chief now says layoffs could mean drastic reduction Rome Sentinel The head of the state Canal Corp. has switched his position, according to CSEA, and now says Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s layoffs will indeed mean a drastic reduction in operations along the canal system along with a corresponding drop in morale.
• Mar 13 Cuomo plan for local pensions gains support Newsday Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to allow cash-poor New York localities to lower pension payments now and pay more later has gained steam with state legislators -- to the chagrin of fiscal watchdogs.

• Mar 10 LeBron James Might Improve Your Pension Salon John Montgomery Ward was a pioneering baseball star: In 1880, he became the second pitcher ever to hurl a perfect game. Ward was also the first to recognize that the reserve clause embedded within each contract bound players to the teams...
• Mar 05 Mayor's Budget Threatens After School Programs NY Daily News Some 37,000 after school program seats are on the chopping block in Mayor Bloomberg’s latest proposed budget.
• Mar 07 Wyoming school chief invites Cuomo to stop by for lunch The Daily News Superintendent Sandra Duckworth is inviting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eat lunch with the students at Wyoming Central School. Duckworth made the request in a letter to the governor, detailing the district’s severe financial woes.

• Mar 06 Advocates for developmentally disabled protest state budget cuts Democrat and Chronicle Cuts equaling $240 million to the state Office of People with Developmental Disabilities may be just a sliver of the state budget, but it equals the livelihood of thousands who depend on such services, a group of advocates said Thursday.
• Mar 06 Opposition Emerges to Cuomo’s Plan to Cut $120 Million for the Disabled NY Times A plan by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut $120 million in financing for nonprofit organizations that serve people with developmental disabilities is emerging as a flash point in this year’s budget negotiations.
• Mar 06 Roswell Park opposes Cuomo funding method The Buffalo News Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s fondness for making some state aid recipients compete for public funding might be fine for programs like economic development. But health groups, including Roswell Park Cancer Institute, say...

• Feb 28 Goal is an On-Time Budget Albany Times-Union Goal is an On-Time Budget Conflicts remain about casino siting, higher minimum wage
• Feb 28 Cuomo, Lawmakers Meet on Budget WXXI With just three weeks and one day to go before a state budget deadline, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders met to assess how far they have to go to reach a deal.
• Feb 28 NYS to Forward $2.5M to Salamanca Niagara Gazette Salamanca has been thrown a life-saver from the state to help the economically struggling city stay afloat while New York wraps up its legal battle over the gaming compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians.