Asm. Anthony Brindisi (D – Utica) shared why he hosted his own State of the State speech yesterday in Utica. He says upstate New York should not become flyover country. We heard why advocates for the homeless are angry lawmakers have not moved forward with an MOU for supportive housing units. Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy at the Coalition for the Homeless, joined Susan. We analyzed Gov. Cuomo’s priorities with Bob Bellafiore of Stanhope Partners and Steve Greenberg of Greenberg PR. With state mandates and property tax caps, local governments may have to sacrifice services to balance the books. Peter Baynes, the executive director of the New York Conference of Mayors, responded to Comptroller DiNapoli’s 2016 Annual Report on Local Governments.
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