City Room: Mayor Critical of Spitzerâs Budget
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Testifying in Albany, Mayor Bloomberg said the governor's state budget unfairly shortchanges New York City out of millions in promised financial support for health care and education, among other things.
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As GOP arrives, Bloomberg is putting fiscal discipline before politics in contract fight with fire and police unions.
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New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Monday will call for banning lobbyists&#39; gifts to lawmakers and an end to lobbying for government contracts in a platform aimed at the heart of power politics in Albany.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the White House and Congress on Wednesday of negotiating a shortsighted economic stimulus package after years of lousy financial management.
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New York state's new budget for fiscal 2009 would rise 5.1 percent to $124 billion under Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan unveiled on Tuesday, though he noted Wall Street's downturn caused "significant" revenue declines.
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Like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer might end up cooling his heated language, editing his battle list and embracing bipartisan issues.
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NEW YORK -- If you can't beat it, tax it. That seems to be the axiom in New York these days, where Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D), struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, has proposed making drug dealers pay tax on their stashes of illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and...
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a $58.5 billion budget that cut into virtually every city agency.
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Deficit projections have fueled speculation that the mayor will not call to renew a 7 percent property tax cut enacted by the City Council last year, but the mayor insisted that he did not think higher property taxes were in sight.
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Mayor Richard Daley has faced down his share of scandals in 15 years running City Hall. But a stream of recent indictments and nonstop news reports of corruption have the mayor on the defensive like never before.
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Escalating the war of words with Cablevision, Mayor Bloomberg called on the company yesterday to give up the $11.7 million tax break that Madison Square Garden gets annually.
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November 29, 2004 -- ALBANYâ State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today will call for banning lobbyists&#39; gifts to lawmakers and an end to lobbying for government contracts, in a platform aimed at the heart of power politics in Albany.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a budget that would cut money from every city department.
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NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned down requests to allow an anti-war demonstration in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but he offered protesters something else: cheap tickets to a Broadway show.    All they have to do to get discounted tickets, reduced hotel rates and other perks is play nice when they come to town...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg keeps saying he's not a presidential candidate, but analysts are calling his new plan to extend a $1 billion property tax cut a shrewd political move if he does make a bid for the Oval Office.
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Washington Mayor Anthony Williams on  Wednesday criticized a U.S. senator who closed his office for  security concerns and insisted the city was safe.
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.