A deal to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws is reached. The details leaked out as a coalition was protesting for a repeal at David Paterson’s office.
Things are still up in the air in other areas of the budget, but the bottle bill will reportedly expand to cover
There’s also a plan on the table to tax utility companies.
The Poughkeepsie Journal thinks Paterson is serious about holding down costs.
Legislative minorities do matter: Republican noise about a proposed Power Authority rate hike stopped it.
The M.T.A. enacted its doomsday budget.
