Andrew Cuomo surrounded himself with 15 of the state’s most liberal politicians yesterday to unveil his “urban agenda” — but the Democratic gubernatorial candidate sounded only conservative themes when it came to revenue-raising ideas for the cash-strapped state.
“The answer can’t always be more money,” he said at City Hall.
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“Families are having to tighten their belt. Businesses are having to tighten their belt. Government is actually going to have to learn to tighten its belt.”
He also indicated he would not pump in funds to support the MTA and proclaimed congestion pricing dead on arrival in Albany.