ASSEMBLYMAN GOTTFRIED ISSUES STATEMENT ON GOV. PATERSON'S PROPOSED HEALTH CARE CUTS
August 14, 2008
August 14, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 14 -- Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried, D-Manhattan (75th District), issued the following statement:
We should only consider cutting essential services like health care as a last resort. We have been cutting taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers for years; if we undo just a little of that, we would not have to cut important programs to close the budget gap.
For years, the Pataki administration proposed meat-ax cuts in health care. But the 2007 and 2 . . .
We should only consider cutting essential services like health care as a last resort. We have been cutting taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers for years; if we undo just a little of that, we would not have to cut important programs to close the budget gap.
For years, the Pataki administration proposed meat-ax cuts in health care. But the 2007 and 2 . . .