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| Six Prison Closures Says Senator Skelos |
Jobs are the number one issue and every Senator is fighting to retain jobs in their districts. Senator Ritchie has always been a supporter of prison jobs in her district. With the Senate 32 - 30, Senator Ritchie's one vote wields much power when it comes to passing a budget.
Prisons closures have always been a political time bomb and can negatively affect districts. Prison beds need to be cut but every facility should be looked at, not just facilities North of the Thruway!
The battle continues and Governor Cuomo appears to be flexible as long as they come in with the right budget numbers. The Senate's budget was actually below the Governor's budget.
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4 comments:
Skelos will allow Pat to vote with her district however mark my word, dry hill is as good as gone with OCF closing my mid to late summer... If extended the most we could ask for is early 2012 byt thats an election year so that closure wiould be unpopular then.
Your changing your mind, I recall you had inside information and was close to corrections. Must be unreliable information.
NNY is in trouble, they have targeted OCF and WCF. If Ritchie can keep them open it will be a miricle on her part. She will have to fight the fight in Albany.
Addie will be up north listening to herself rant about saving the prisons. Problem is she has no say! Not even on the committee.
Close them now Governor and be done with it and either save the $$$ OR re-allocate the $$ to higher level priorities.
NYS still is NOT competitive inspite this latest budget .
The REAL WORK of consolidations , retrenchements and eliminations of redundant and superfluous commissions and agencies HAS JUST BEGUN and will be a multi- year process if NYS is to EVER be competitive again.
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