Today's New York Post has an article about the specific problems the political deadlock in the New York State legislature has caused. Part of the legislation that has been stalled because of the deadlock is the budget package for New York City which includes a half point sales tax increase that was supposed to go into effect on July 1. Mayor Blumberg was counting on the revenue from that tax increase to balance the budget. Each month's delay will cost New York City $ 60 million. In an attempt to maintain a balance budget, the Mayor has enacted a hiring freeze and is closely examining all contracts related to spending in the city.
The situation in the New York State Senate has been going on since early June. It's time the Senators came to some sort of compromise. What kind of example does it set for the rest of us when our political representatives can't get along?
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