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March 26, 2009
Atlantic Yards YES! 8,900 State Workers NO!!
While NY State maintains its commitment to Bruce Ratner's subsidy-sucking eminent domain-abusing megaproject plan, Governor Paterson is making plans to lay off state workers due to the economic downturn.
From the AP, via Crain's NY Business:
Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday ordered layoffs that could total more than 4 percent of state workers after unions refused concessions amid a staggering economic downturn that was projected to push the state's deficit to $16 billion in the next year.
Budget Director Laura Anglin told The Associated Press that the layoffs of nearly 9,000 employees would be the first since the late 1990s after unions refused to even provide counterproposals.
Posted by lumi at March 26, 2009 4:55 AM