Cuomo Plans One-Year Freeze on State Workers’ Pay

[cory777]

Source: New York Times

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will seek a one-year salary freeze for state workers as part of an emergency financial plan he will lay out in his State of the State address on Wednesday, senior administration officials said.

The move will signal the opening of what is expected to be a grueling fight between the new governor and the public-sector unions that have traditionally dominated the state’s political establishment.

It will also come days after the New Year’s Eve layoffs of more than 900 state workers, an event that union representatives marked with a candlelight vigil on the steps of the Capitol and outside government offices in five other cities.

“The governor said during his campaign that the difficult financial times call for shared sacrifice,” said a senior administration official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the governor’s address. “A salary freeze is obviously a difficult thing for many government workers, but it’s necessary if the state is going to live within its means.”

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[salib]

1. Seems to be the new Dem mantra

We have to "live within our means" except for those who are filthy rich and get tax breaks, of course.

[russspeakeasy]

2. "SHARED SACRIFICE?" Bullshit.

A 20 year freeze won't cover the cost of one month in Iraq, or
pay for  one year of the tax cut extension the very wealthy
are getting.

[alp227]

6. +1 seriously why scapegoat the working class

when the rich are so damn spoiled...oh by the way we're talking state politics not national, so why bring up the Iraq War?

[russspeakeasy]

12. Because, believe it or not, state and federal budgets are intertwined.

[NYMdaveNYI]

3. It's necessary. Painful but necessary,

You can't jump on him for this,

If he DIDN'T do this, he'd just get MORE criticism for having a state budget crisis.

AND THEN PALADINO WOULD GET ELECTED.

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[PSPS]

7. That should stimulate the economy, right?

[watajob]

8. I'd like to see his genome decoded.

This CAN'T be Mario Cuomo's son. Musta' been a good lookin' garbage man working in Queens in '57.

[NYMdaveNYI]

9. He HAD to do this!

If he DIDN'T, the Repugs would never let him live it down.


THEN, THIS FUCKER gets elected.

[robcon]

10. Good step... not NEARLY enough though

Some layoffs are inevitable.

[daleo]

11. How about a salary freeze on Wall Street

Shared sacrifice and all that.