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June 25, 2007
Albany Post Mortems
The Wonkster
As the state legislature goes home, at least for a few weeks, Newsday looks at the last six months in the state capital and deems it “disappointing.” And the paper blames Governor Eliot Spitzer, saying his administration “proven to be more self-righteous than effective and too arrogant by half.”
And the News aims its ire at a bill passed in the closing hours of the session that puts limits on the tax abatement for developers who build housing in the city. While most coverage of this has focused on the gift the bill bestows on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards developments (see our earlier posting), it’s the rest of the measure that the News doesn’t like.
NoLandGrab: Spitzer is trying to pin the blame on the legislature and vice-versa.
Spitzer will have the chance to reëstablish his reformer credentials by vetoing this bill. The question remains, will he?
Posted by lumi at June 25, 2007 11:04 AM