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This years 30-day budget amendments are modest: Its an election year and the gover nor wants no drama 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1967 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1990 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 2014 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 2037 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 2060 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 12 DUMPING yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 1745321 02/21/2014 18:16:22 13 DUMPING StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = no OwnedItems TEXT UID= 2083 TotalLength= 14 Primar = 0 TEXT UID= 2106 TotalLength= 0 Primary 0

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toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 673 TotalLength= 3007 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 3007 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems It is a fundamental principle of open government that citizens have a right to k now who is trying to influence those who govern them. And because money is one o f the most powerful influences around, it follows that the public has the right to knowwhy Thats whos thefooting debate in thethe bill Joint for Commission that influence. on Public Ethics over granting some groups waivers of disclosure rules is so troubling. But dont blame JCOPE alone fo r this. Blame the state Legislature, which wrote the law that allows even requir es 2011 The thislaw assault that created on transparency. JCOPE requires registered lobbyists who lobby on their own behalf to report the names of donors of $5,000 or more. The law, however, a lso allows them to seek an exemption from disclosure if it may cause harm, threat s, harassment, The law also exempts or reprisals 501(c)(4) to non-profits the source of iffunding their primary or its activities property. raise sim ilar concerns. The legislation effectively carved out whole areas for likely exe mptions: civil rights and civil liberties, abortion rights, family planning, dis crimination or persecution based upon race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientatio n or religion, immigrant rights, and the rights of certain criminal defendants. Allany So these JCOPE are commissioners expected towho be are covered inclined by such to defend an exemption. transparency can only go s o far. Whats really needed is for the Legislature to pull back the cloak of secre cy that it draped over people and groups that lobby on some of the most importan t and controversial Already, the commission issues last inyear the granted public arena. such a waiver to the New York arm of N ARAL, an abortion rights group. Two similar groups, Family Planning Advocates of New York State and the New York Womens Equality Coalition, have also asked for t he exemption. So have the liberal New York Civil Liberties Union and the conserv ative not Were New oblivious Yorkers for toConstitutional the violence that Freedoms. has historically been committed against a bortion and civil rights advocates. But to suggest that an issue is so hot that the people on one side or the other should be allowed to influence government an onymously should offend anyone liberal, conservative, or moderate who believes i n open government and in law and order. Government cannot go opaque just because And of while a few the crazed Legislature extremists isand on the heated topic, rhetoric. the current threshold for disclosure $5,000 is far too high. State election law requires that people who contribute $ 100 or more to a politician be identified; why should there be any less scrutiny of the money that goes into influencing politicians once they become public off icials As the U.S. and have Supreme realCourt power? has observed, money is speech. Thats what donor disclos ure is about: Who are lawmakers listening to, whether theyre talking with their m ouths, or their checkbooks. 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 15 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 3340 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 3340 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems If Ernest Hemingway had managed to stay married to any of his wives long enough to be coaxed into something approaching suburban domesticity, he could have writ ten a classic short story on shoveling snow Big Two-Hearted River on a corner lot. The thought struck a week ago Friday as I stood on the roof of our back porch, l aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the long plastic rake we acquired two winter s ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and then heard the tellta leducked I roar as under the the snoweaves behind and itheld broke the loose. shovel at port arms as the undammed snow p oured down from the peak of the roof, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed and poured to kill intome!, the back I screamed, yard. causing several of the hapless drivers digging the ir this By snowbound pointcars I had out spent in the at least streetan below hourto and look a half up. outside, and was soaked th rough with sweat and snowmelt. The first task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to the side of my wifes car, where I scraped of f the windows. Then I excavated a narrow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up i

n the night by the plow so she would be able to get out. After she left, I did t he same And thenthing to the for two myporch car. roofs, a risky task that will some day land me athwart the power line, the hedge or the very hard concrete steps leading to the street . By this point, more people were out on the street extracting their cars. The sun was out, and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would b e do I a while not know before Snowblower he made Mans it to real our property name, which line. unfortunately is the way it is wit h too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I know is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a s et route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans bound ary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down the length of my house, b ut notis Which the fine narrower by me.span I make in it front a point of it. of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouhette this winter, in the streetlight. I saw him about his work and exchanged a ha ndshake When I lostwe the with see first him part you overhere out thehis of roar we feel response, of better his implement. but about caught humanity!, the rest:IThey yelled. do a terrible jo I nodded, assuming he meant those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-fa b! ire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are chopped up int o multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of the single-f amily homeowners and landlords dont appear to have hired anyone to attend to this As most a result, basic level anyone ofwalking upkeep.through my neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier pedestrians. <25A0> 518-454-5619 cseiler@timesunion.com 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 16 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 17 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 13284 02/21/2014 20:43:38 18 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 16067 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 16067 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:44:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:44:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 16067 02/21/2014 20:44:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 16067 02/21/2014 20:44:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 16067 02/21/2014 20:44:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 19709 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 19709 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:45:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:45:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 30510 02/21/2014 20:48:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 30510 02/21/2014 20:48:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 30510 02/21/2014 20:48:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 34110 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 34110 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:49:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:49:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 34110 02/21/2014 20:49:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 34110 02/21/2014 20:49:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 34110 02/21/2014 20:49:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 37710 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 37710 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:50:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:50:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

37710 02/21/2014 20:50:25 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 37710 02/21/2014 20:50:25 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4125 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4125 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems If Ernest Hemingway had managed to stay married to any of his four wives long en ough to be coaxed into something like suburban domesticity, he could have writte n a thought The classic struck short story a week onago shoveling Friday as snow I stood Bigon Two-Hearted the roof of River our back on aporch, cornerllot. aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar Ias ducked the upper underlevels the lip ofof snow thebroke roof and loose. held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things

with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 37710 02/21/2014 20:50:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 37710 02/21/2014 20:50:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 37710 02/21/2014 20:50:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 41310 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 41310 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:51:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:51:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me mad. By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 41310 02/21/2014 20:51:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 41310 02/21/2014 20:51:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 41310 02/21/2014 20:51:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 44911 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 44911 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:52:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:52:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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If Ernest Hemingway had managed to stay married to any of his four wives long en ough to be coaxed into something like suburban domesticity, he could have writte n a thought The classic struck short story a week onago shoveling Friday as snow I stood Bigon Two-Hearted the roof of River our back on aporch, cornerllot. aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar Ias ducked the upper underlevels the lip ofof snow thebroke roof and loose. held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 44911 02/21/2014 20:52:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 44911 02/21/2014 20:52:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 44911 02/21/2014 20:52:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 48511 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 48511 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 20:53:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:53:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 55711 02/21/2014 20:55:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 55711 02/21/2014 20:55:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 55711 02/21/2014 20:55:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 59312 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 59312 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:56:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:56:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

59312 02/21/2014 20:56:25 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 59312 02/21/2014 20:56:25 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4125 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4125 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems If Ernest Hemingway had managed to stay married to any of his four wives long en ough to be coaxed into something like suburban domesticity, he could have writte n a thought The classic struck short story a week onago shoveling Friday as snow I stood Bigon Two-Hearted the roof of River our back on aporch, cornerllot. aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar Ias ducked the upper underlevels the lip ofof snow thebroke roof and loose. held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms

Walking , an eskimo-like the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 59312 02/21/2014 20:56:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 59312 02/21/2014 20:56:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 59312 02/21/2014 20:56:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 62912 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 62912 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:57:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:57:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

62912 02/21/2014 20:57:25 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 62912 02/21/2014 20:57:25 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4060 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4060 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a roof rake overthought The his head struck and .a week ago Friday as I stood on the roof of our back porch, l aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar Ias ducked the upper underlevels the lip ofof snow thebroke roof and loose. held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b

Now e able more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 62912 02/21/2014 20:57:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 62912 02/21/2014 20:57:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 62912 02/21/2014 20:57:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 66512 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 66512 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:58:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:58:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

66512 02/21/2014 20:58:25 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 66512 02/21/2014 20:58:25 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4166 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4166 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a roof rake over his head and shaking his fist at something you thought The couldntstruck see over a week the ago fence Friday of his ashouse? I stood on the roof of our back porch, l aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters

ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar Ias ducked the upper underlevels the lip ofof snow thebroke roof and loose. held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 66512 02/21/2014 20:58:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 66512 02/21/2014 20:58:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 66512 02/21/2014 20:58:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 70112 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 70112 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 20:59:25 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 20:59:25 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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Still life with shovel 70112 02/21/2014 20:59:25 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4236 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4236 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a roof rake over his head and shaking his fist at something you couldnt Would you saysee he was overcrazy? the fence Or would of his you house? note that he had just done a The though t struck a week ago Friday as I stood on the roof of our back porch, laughing ma niacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down f rom the slate roof. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the up per I ducked levels under of snow the lip broke ofloose. the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. They must have thought me By this point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh mad. foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 70112 02/21/2014 20:59:25 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 70112 02/21/2014 20:59:25 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 70112 02/21/2014 20:59:25 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

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he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 77361 02/21/2014 21:01:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 77361 02/21/2014 21:01:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 77361 02/21/2014 21:01:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 80961 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 80961 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 21:02:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 21:02:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

80961 02/21/2014 21:02:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 80961 02/21/2014 21:02:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4291 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4291 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a roof rake over his head and shaking his fist at something you couldnt Would you saysee? he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most importantly: Would you want him a s a thought The neighbor? struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. Yes, they must have though t me By this mad. point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things

with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 80961 02/21/2014 21:02:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 80961 02/21/2014 21:02:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 80961 02/21/2014 21:02:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 84562 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 84562 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 21:03:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 21:03:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

84562 02/21/2014 21:03:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 84562 02/21/2014 21:03:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4325 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4325 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu tribesman and shaking Would you say his hefist was crazy? at something Or would youyou couldnt note that see?he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most importantly: Would you want him a s a thought The neighbor? struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn

I ducked ow broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. Yes, they must have though t me By this mad. point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 84562 02/21/2014 21:03:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 84562 02/21/2014 21:03:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 84562 02/21/2014 21:03:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 88164 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 88164 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 21:04:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 21:04:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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88164 02/21/2014 21:04:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4325 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4325 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu tribesman and shaking Would you say his hefist was crazy? at something Or would youyou couldnt note that see?he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most importantly: Would you want him a s a thought The neighbor? struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d snow poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the p orch roof Failed toand kill poured me! I into exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. Yes, they must have though t me By this mad. point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 88164 02/21/2014 21:04:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 88164 02/21/2014 21:04:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 88164 02/21/2014 21:04:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

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91764 02/21/2014 21:05:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 91764 02/21/2014 21:05:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4326 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4326 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu tribesman and shaking Would you say his hefist was crazy? at something Or would youyou couldnt note that see?he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most importantly: Would you want him a s a thought The neighbor? struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out their snowbound cars in the street below to look up. Yes, they must have though t me By this mad. point I had spent at least an hour and a half outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla

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he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 95365 02/21/2014 21:06:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 95365 02/21/2014 21:06:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 95365 02/21/2014 21:06:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 98968 02/21/2014 RunTask nStories 98968 02/21/2014 oryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 21:07:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 21:07:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

98968 02/21/2014 21:07:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 98968 02/21/2014 21:07:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4251 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4251 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, cackling and holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Ban tu tribesman? Would you say he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most important: Would you want him as a neighbor? The thought struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out By their thissnowbound point I had cars spent in the at least streetan below hourto and look a half up. outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I kno

w is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans b oundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not t he narrower Which is fine span by me. in front I make ofit it. a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 98968 02/21/2014 21:07:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 98968 02/21/2014 21:07:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 98968 02/21/2014 21:07:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4243 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4243 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car on the morning after a b lizzard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of his house, cackling and holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Ban tu tribesman? Would you say he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job clearing off the roof he was standing on? Most important: Would you want him as a neighbor? The thought struck a week ago Friday as I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme

d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out By their thissnowbound point I had cars spent in the at least streetan below hourto and look a half up. outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (probably yours too). All I know is tha t after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set r oute of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans boundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not the narro wer span Which is fine in front by me. of I it. make it a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of t he single-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone t o attend As a result, to this anyone most walking basic through level ofmy maintenance. neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier You wouldnt pedestrians. want to extrapolate Then a cleantoo stretch much about again.aThen household worse.from its failure to sh ovel the sidewalk. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watch ing the Syracuse game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their bl ock, others Someday thisare will beset happen by to ageSnowblower or infirmity. Man. If were lucky his work will be taken up by And someday Snowblower it will Younger happen Man. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 60 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 102568 02/21/2014 21:08:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 106169 02/21/2014 21:09:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 106169 02/21/2014 21:09:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 106169 02/21/2014 21:09:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 106169 02/21/2014 21:09:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4197 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4197 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4214 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4214 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car the morning after a bliz zard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of hi s house, cackling and holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu Would you say he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job tribesman? clearing Most The thought important: offstruck theWould roof a week he was you want ago standing Friday him asas on? a neighbor? I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out By their thissnowbound point I had cars spent in the at least streetan below hourto and look a half up. outside battling the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The fir st task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to t he side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narr ow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would b e able Now more topeople get out. were After in the shestreet left, with I went their through own shovels. the same The process sun was for out, my car. and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (probably yours too). All I know is tha t after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set r oute of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans boundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not the narro wer span Which is fine in front by me. of I it. make it a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, to the chagrin of the si ngle-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone to att endato As result, this most anyone basic walking levelthrough of maintenance. my neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking walk through the narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier pe destrians. You wouldnt Then want a to clean extrapolate stretch again. too much Then about worse. a household from its failure to sh ovel. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watching the Syrac

use game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their block, others a re besetthis Someday by age will orhappen infirmity. to Snowblower Man. If were lucky, his work will be taken And up someday by Snowblower it will Younger happenMan. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 70 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 113369 02/21/2014 21:11:26 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 Dumping document. message = BeforeCloseDoc nSt ories = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4200 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4200 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car the morning after a bliz zard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of hi s house, cackling and holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu Would you say he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job tribesman? clearing Most The thought important: offstruck theWould roof a week he was you want ago standing Friday him asas on? a neighbor? I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out Itheir had spent snowbound at least carsan inhour the and street a half below outside to look battling up. the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The first task had be en clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to the side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narrow wedge of th e bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would be able to get out.more Now After people she left, were in I went the street throughwith the their same process own shovels. for myThe car. sun was out, and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo redo I henot made know it Snowblower to our property Mansline. real name, which unfortunately is the way of things with too many people in my neighborhood (probably yours too). All I know is tha t after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a set r oute of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans boundary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down its length, but not the narro wer span Which is fine in front by me. of I it. make it a point of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouette thisin winter, the streetlight. I saw him about his work and offered a hand shake.we When Hesee didyou notout turn here offwe the feel blower. better about humanity! I said, trying to keep the

The dogfirst from part investigating of his response the mawwas of lost the roaring in the din, device. but I got the end: They do a terrible I nodded,job! assuming he was referring to those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-faire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are cho pped up into multiple units some more than code allows, to the chagrin of the si ngle-family homeowners and many landlords dont appear to have hired anyone to att endato As result, this most anyone basic walking levelthrough of maintenance. my neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking walk through the narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier pe destrians. You wouldnt Then want a to clean extrapolate stretch again. too much Then about worse. a household from its failure to sh ovel. While some of our neighbors might be smoking a bong and watching the Syrac use game as Snowblower Man or his equivalent takes care of their block, others a re besetthis Someday by age will orhappen infirmity. to Snowblower Man. If were lucky, his work will be taken And up someday by Snowblower it will Younger happenMan. to me. Im not vain enough to think that shoveling out after a blizzard at age 70 is going to be the same bracing morning exercise it i s atwe But 46. should not despair. Though he is not yet 13, my sons reflexes are strong, his ears keen. Soon he will be able to hear the snow as it descends from the sla te roof, and duck. cseiler@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5619 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 117458 02/21/2014 21:12:34 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 119061 02/21/2014 21:13:01 SHUTDOWN ----------------------------------> Startup here <--------------------------------122627 02/21/2014 21:14:01 Dumping document. message = AfterOpenDoc nStor ies = 2 doc name = TUSTYLES0409.indd 122627 02/21/2014 21:14:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1050 TotalLength= 3479 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 3479 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Jim White hlhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjjjjj ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg ggjggg ffggggg Berkshire FINANCIAL ggggg ddff gkgggggdfffffffffffffffffff ffjgjgggg/gjgjg hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ggggggg gggg gggggg fgggg xxccccvvvv Heather Lashway Bank was named vice president of product and sales. 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Editorial: Long Story Short 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 579 TotalLength= 2083 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 2083 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Powerful Long after information New York deregulated its electricity and natural gas markets, consume rs remain cool to the concept of shopping around for the cheapest or the most en vironmental No fewer than friendly 200 different power source. companies are now pitching residential energy in t he state, making it a confusing myriad of options. Utility customers are deluged with mailings and phone calls, and in some areas salespeople are going door-todoor selling their particular type of electricity or gas. Deeper discounts and l ocked-down prices are offered for signing long-term contracts. It would take a sophisticated analysis just to figure out the best deal., explaining why most ho meowners As a remedy, havethe simply state stayed Public with Service theirCommission utility. will do a little re-regulation. It will add some oversight and require online calculators making it easier for customers Aesthetics The plan for to dothe compare matter prime the riverfront options to lot their in downtown current Troy costs. most recently occupied by a not-so-attractive city hall may be replaced with a building some say is just as ugly. Many have stressed the proposed project needs to better blend in with the citys w ell preserved, historic downtown. A more contemporary design could work, if it As were long high as it quality isntin like design the drab, and complimentary boxy and aesthetically to Monumentoffensive Squares building buildings. that was If Proud someone razed ofin our from 2011, guy thepeople community should does bewell openon minded. the bigger stage, we all like to clai m himJimmy When as our Fallon, own. who grew up in Saugerties and attended the College of Saint R ose, took over this week as host of The Tonight Show, we felt some hometown pride. What made it an especially nice event was that after more than 40 years in Los A ngeles, the cream of late-night shows is now back in New York City, where it ori ginated We Gubernatorial Donald Seriously? callTrump. with a that host candidate? Win, Steve Win.Allen in 1954. 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 604 TotalLength= 25 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 25 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems One line of hed goes here 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 626 TotalLength= 9 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 9 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Editorial 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 696 TotalLength= 145 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 145 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems XxxxSTAKES: THE xxxxx ISSUE: xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx. xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx. 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 719 TotalLength= 78 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 78 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems To comment: tuletters@timesunion.com or at http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 742 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 787 TotalLength= 26 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 26 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Notable Quotes Of The Week 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 834 TotalLength= 5 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 5 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 673 TotalLength= 3007 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 3007 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

It is a fundamental principle of open government that citizens have a right to k now who is trying to influence those who govern them. And because money is one o f the most powerful influences around, it follows that the public has the right to knowwhy Thats whos thefooting debate in thethe bill Joint for Commission that influence. on Public Ethics over granting some groups waivers of disclosure rules is so troubling. But dont blame JCOPE alone fo r this. Blame the state Legislature, which wrote the law that allows even requir es 2011 The thislaw assault that created on transparency. JCOPE requires registered lobbyists who lobby on their own behalf to report the names of donors of $5,000 or more. The law, however, a lso allows them to seek an exemption from disclosure if it may cause harm, threat s, harassment, The law also exempts or reprisals 501(c)(4) to non-profits the source of iffunding their primary or its activities property. raise sim ilar concerns. The legislation effectively carved out whole areas for likely exe mptions: civil rights and civil liberties, abortion rights, family planning, dis crimination or persecution based upon race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientatio n or religion, immigrant rights, and the rights of certain criminal defendants. Allany So these JCOPE are commissioners expected towho be are covered inclined by such to defend an exemption. transparency can only go s o far. Whats really needed is for the Legislature to pull back the cloak of secre cy that it draped over people and groups that lobby on some of the most importan t and controversial Already, the commission issues last inyear the granted public arena. such a waiver to the New York arm of N ARAL, an abortion rights group. Two similar groups, Family Planning Advocates of New York State and the New York Womens Equality Coalition, have also asked for t he exemption. So have the liberal New York Civil Liberties Union and the conserv ative not Were New oblivious Yorkers for toConstitutional the violence that Freedoms. has historically been committed against a bortion and civil rights advocates. But to suggest that an issue is so hot that the people on one side or the other should be allowed to influence government an onymously should offend anyone liberal, conservative, or moderate who believes i n open government and in law and order. Government cannot go opaque just because And of while a few the crazed Legislature extremists isand on the heated topic, rhetoric. the current threshold for disclosure $5,000 is far too high. State election law requires that people who contribute $ 100 or more to a politician be identified; why should there be any less scrutiny of the money that goes into influencing politicians once they become public off icials As the U.S. and have Supreme realCourt power? has observed, money is speech. Thats what donor disclos ure is about: Who are lawmakers listening to, whether theyre talking with their m ouths, or their checkbooks. 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 15 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 3340 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 3340 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems If Ernest Hemingway had managed to stay married to any of his wives long enough to be coaxed into something approaching suburban domesticity, he could have writ ten a classic short story on shoveling snow Big Two-Hearted River on a corner lot. The thought struck a week ago Friday as I stood on the roof of our back porch, l aughing maniacally and shaking a fist at the cornice of snow that had just whoos hed down from the slate roof. Using the long plastic rake we acquired two winter s ago, I had dislodged the crispy edge along the eaves and then heard the tellta leducked I roar as under the the snoweaves behind and itheld broke the loose. shovel at port arms as the undammed snow p oured down from the peak of the roof, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed and poured to kill intome!, the back I screamed, yard. causing several of the hapless drivers digging the ir this By snowbound pointcars I had out spent in the at least streetan below hourto and look a half up. outside, and was soaked th rough with sweat and snowmelt. The first task had been clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to the side of my wifes car, where I scraped of f the windows. Then I excavated a narrow wedge of the bunker of snow kicked up i n the night by the plow so she would be able to get out. After she left, I did t he same And thenthing to the for two myporch car. roofs, a risky task that will some day land me athwart the power line, the hedge or the very hard concrete steps leading to the street . By this point, more people were out on the street extracting their cars. The sun was out, and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would b e do I a while not know before Snowblower he made Mans it to real our property name, which line. unfortunately is the way it is wit

h too many people in my neighborhood (and yours too, most likely). All I know is that after any halfway-serious snowstorm, he takes it upon himself to clear a s et route of sidewalks in the neighborhood. My house sits on Snowblower Mans bound ary line: He will snowblow the sidewalk that runs down the length of my house, b ut notis Which the fine narrower by me.span I make in it front a point of it. of pride to be done with my section of si dewalk by the time he gets there, though hes been spotted during nighttime storms , an eskimo-like Walking the dog earlier silhouhette this winter, in the streetlight. I saw him about his work and exchanged a ha ndshake When I lostwe the with see first him part you overhere out thehis of roar we feel response, of better his implement. but about caught humanity!, the rest:IThey yelled. do a terrible jo I nodded, assuming he meant those in the neighborhood who take a more laissez-fa b! ire attitude toward sidewalk clearing. Several of these homes are chopped up int o multiple units some more than code allows, much to the chagrin of the single-f amily homeowners and landlords dont appear to have hired anyone to attend to this As most a result, basic level anyone ofwalking upkeep.through my neighborhood can in a few steps go from a n easy stride along clean pavement to an ankle-cracking tightrope walk through t he narrow channel of hard-packed snow crafted by nothing more than the boots of earlier pedestrians. <25A0> 518-454-5619 cseiler@timesunion.com 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 16 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 22 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Please see Seiler D <25B6> 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 17 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1332 TotalLength= 12 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 12 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casey Seiler 124951 02/21/2014 21:14:39 18 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1552 TotalLength= 24 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 24 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Continued from D SEILER 125727 02/21/2014 21:14:52 Dumping document. message = BeforeCloseDoc nSt ories = 6 doc name = 0223_seiler 125727 02/21/2014 21:14:52 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 962 TotalLength= 0 PrimarySt oryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 125727 02/21/2014 21:14:52 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1256 TotalLength= 22 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 22 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Still life with shovel 125727 02/21/2014 21:14:52 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 4200 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4200 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems What would you think if you were shoveling out your car the morning after a bliz zard and you looked up to see a man standing on the roof of the back porch of hi s house, cackling and holding a snow rake over his head like a victorious Bantu Would you say he was crazy? Or would you note that he had just done a great job tribesman? clearing Most The thought important: offstruck theWould roof a week he was you want ago standing Friday him asas on? a neighbor? I stood there, laughing maniacally and l ooking down on the cornice of snow that had just whooshed down from our slate ro of. Using the extendable rake we acquired two winters ago, I had dislodged the c rispy edge along the eaves and heard the telltale roar as the upper levels of sn owducked I broke under loose.the lip of the roof and held the rake at port arms as the undamme d flood poured down from the peak of the house, crashed off the far edge of the porch roof Failed to kill and dumped me! Iinto exulted, the back prompting yard. several of the hapless drivers digging out Itheir had spent snowbound at least carsan inhour the and street a half below outside to look battling up. the fresh foot or more of heavy snow, and was soaked through with sweat and melt. The first task had be en clearing a path from the front door down the steps and out to the side of my wifes car, where I scraped off the windows. Then I excavated a narrow wedge of th e bunker of snow kicked up in the night by the plow so she would be able to get out.more Now After people she left, were in I went the street throughwith the their same process own shovels. for myThe car. sun was out, and I could see Snowblower Man at the far end of the block. It would be a while befo

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no OwnedItems 75698 02/23/2014 09:10:32 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 75698 02/23/2014 09:10:32 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 75698 02/23/2014 09:10:32 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 75698 02/23/2014 09:10:32 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4912 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4912 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided on a casino, Sen. Ka thleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill filed in Ja nuary She also in wont her house say if andshe in agrees February with in Gov. the Assembly. Andrew Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman, sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legi Assembly member Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and veteran Assemblyman Richard Gottfrie slation. d, D-Manhattan, put their bill in Feb. 12. It is a the sames as a version introd uced Jan. 24 by Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, D-Duane Since then, the Times Union has attempted to get Marchiones position on the measu sburg. re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seem unlikely While casinos to advance have the potential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs they may also have serious negative impacts economic and socia l on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should n ot be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vit al that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a c The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions asino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And, by statute, cas ino projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in co mpliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Both bills were referred to the racing and wagering committees of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice. The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor

t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 77181 02/23/2014 09:10:56 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 77181 02/23/2014 09:10:56 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 77184 02/23/2014 09:10:56 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 77184 02/23/2014 09:10:56 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 77184 02/23/2014 09:10:56 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 77184 02/23/2014 09:10:56 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 77184 02/23/2014 09:10:56 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4912 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4912 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided on a casino, Sen. Ka thleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill filed in Ja nuary She also in wont her house say if andshe in agrees February with in Gov. the Assembly. Andrew Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman, sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legi Assembly member Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and veteran Assemblyman Richard Gottfrie slation. d, D-Manhattan, put their bill in Feb. 12. It is a the sames as a version introd uced Jan. 24 by Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, D-Duane Since then, the Times Union has attempted to get Marchiones position on the measu sburg. re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seem unlikely While casinos to advance have the potential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs they may also have serious negative impacts economic and socia

l on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should n ot be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vit al that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a c The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions asino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And, by statute, cas ino projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in co mpliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Both bills were referred to the racing and wagering committees of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice. The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 80784 02/23/2014 09:11:56 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4916 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4916 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and veteran Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, lation. D-Manhattan, put their bill in Feb. 12. It is a the sames as a version introduc ed Jan. 24 by Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, D-Duanesb Since then, the Times Union has attempted to get Marchiones position on the measu urg. re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seem unlikely While casinos to advance have the potential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs they may also have serious negative impacts economic and socia l on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should n ot be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vit al that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a c The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions asino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And, by statute, cas ino projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in co mpliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Both bills were referred to the racing and wagering committees of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice. The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion.

ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 84384 02/23/2014 09:12:56 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4899 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4899 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. It is a the sames as a version introduced Jan. 24 by Sen . Liz then, Since Krueger, theD-Manhattan, Times Union has and attempted Sen. Cecilia to get Tkaczyk, Marchiones D-Duanesburg. position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seem unlikely While casinos to advance have the potential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs they may also have serious negative impacts economic and socia l on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should n ot be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vit al that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a c The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions asino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And, by statute, cas

ino projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in co mpliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Both bills were referred to the racing and wagering committees of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice. The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

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87984 02/23/2014 09:13:56 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4893 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4893 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs they may also have serious negative impacts economic and socia l on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should n ot be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vit al that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a c The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions asino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And, by statute, cas ino projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in co mpliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Both bills were referred to the racing and wagering committees of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice. The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n

ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 91668 02/23/2014 09:14:58 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4893 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4893 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at the harness trac Marchione k racino called Saratoga Casino and Raceway, whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and e conomical choice as a location for a full casino . . . the best choice.

The Saratoga racino has been supported by some of the municipalities in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments position. Meanwhile, a gaming company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

95312 02/23/2014 09:15:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4884 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4884 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at Saratoga Casino Marchione and Raceway, the harness track racino whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and economic al choice The Saratoga as racino a location has been for asupported full casino by some ... the of the bestmunicipalities choice. in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments Meanwhile, a gaming position. company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of He said Economic he is hoping Development. to secure three support resolutions from three municipaliti es by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would b e ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distric t. Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate.

98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 98924 02/23/2014 09:16:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4886 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4886 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at Saratoga Casino Marchione and Raceway, the harness track racino whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and economic al choice The Saratoga as racino a location has been for asupported full casino by some ... the of the bestmunicipalities choice. in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments Meanwhile, a gaming position. company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of said Rose Economic he is Development. hoping to secure three support resolutions from three municipali ties by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would be ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distr Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment ict. to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t

The statute hat many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst, he said. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge community support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 102525 02/23/2014 09:17:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4877 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4877 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu

re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at Saratoga Casino Marchione and Raceway, the harness track racino whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and economic al choice The Saratoga as racino a location has been for asupported full casino by some ... the of the bestmunicipalities choice. in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments Meanwhile, a gaming position. company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of said Rose Economic he is Development. hoping to secure three support resolutions from three municipali ties by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would be ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distr Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment ict. to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge com munity support for a casino, roadblocks to progress have resulted. Meanwhile, Pretlow said the Assembly may soon advance a nominee to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members, all of whom were n ominated by Cuomo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation Cuomo has also inselected the Senate. three of the five members of the siting board but the ga ming commission has not met to install them. Requests to bidders for proposals are expected to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cannot happen until a siting board is installed. Cuomos budget plan for the next fiscal year projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 106130 02/23/2014 09:18:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4865 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4865 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at Saratoga Casino Marchione and Raceway, the harness track racino whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and economic al choice The Saratoga as racino a location has been for asupported full casino by some ... the of the bestmunicipalities choice. in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments Meanwhile, a gaming position. company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of said Rose Economic he is Development. hoping to secure three support resolutions from three municipali ties by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would be ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distr Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment ict. to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge com munity support Meanwhile, Pretlow for said a casino, the Assembly roadblocks mayto soon progress advance have a nominee resulted. to the state gam

ing commission, which has been acting with only four members all nominated by Cu omo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation i n the has Cuomo Senate. also selected three of the five members of the siting board, but the g aming commission Requests to bidders hasfor notproposals met to install are expected them. to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cant Cuomos budget happen plan for until the a next siting fiscal boardyear is installed. projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 Dumping document. message = BeforeCloseDoc nSt ories = 6 doc name = 0224_jmocolumn 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 40 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 40 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Casino home rule bill sited in committee 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1276 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1299 TotalLength= 17 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 17 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By James M. Odato 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1345 TotalLength= 152 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 152 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Do you have a story about waste and abuse of public funds? Contact James M. Odat o at 518-454-5083, jodato@timesunion.com or on Twitter at @JamesMOdato 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1453 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 109270 02/23/2014 09:19:51 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 4865 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 4865 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Identical bills are now in play in both legislative chambers that would require local governments to approve of a casino before a gambling hall could be sited i n their But in Saratoga jurisdiction. County, where residents are sharply divided casino development, Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione, R-Halfmoon, wont say if she agrees with the bill file d inalso She January wont insay herif house she agrees and in with February Gov.in Andrew the Assembly. Cuomo, who, according to a spoke swoman sees the measure as politicizing the siting process with unnecessary legis Assembly members Didi Barrett, D-Hudson, and Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, put lation. their bill in Feb. 12. Its identical to a measure introduced Jan. 24 by Sens. Li z Krueger, Since then,D-Manhattan, the Times Union and has Cecilia attempted Tkaczyk, to get D-Duanesburg. Marchiones position on the measu re. She and her spokesman have not responded. The leadership of the Senate seems While unlikely casinos to advance have the thepotential measure. to increase tourism, promote economic developmen t and create jobs, they may also have serious negative impacts economic and soci al on their host community and the surrounding area, said Barrett. Casinos should not be externally imposed on any community; local support is essential. It is vi tal that we give communities a voice and let them decide if they want to host a The legislation would require that municipalities first pass laws or resolutions casino. in support of building a casino before it can be approved. And by statute, casi no projects would have to adhere to local land use and zoning laws and be in com pliance Both bills with were thereferred State Environmental to the racing Quality and wagering Review committees Act. of their respecti ve houses.has taken a strong position on supporting a casino at Saratoga Casino Marchione and Raceway, the harness track racino whose owners are eager to add table games to their operation. She has called the racino the logical, practical and economic al choice The Saratoga as racino a location has been for asupported full casino by some ... the of the bestmunicipalities choice. in Saratoga County, although the mayor of Saratoga Springs, who is being pressured by some

businesses to oppose full-scale gambling in the city, is proposing to clarify th e governments Meanwhile, a gaming position. company and developer has shown very high interest in a 512-ac re site being marketed for a casino off Exit 27 of I-90 in the Town of Florida a nd City of Amsterdam, said Ken Rose, director of the Montgomery County Departmen t of said Rose Economic he is Development. hoping to secure three support resolutions from three municipali ties by the end of next week. If that happens, he said, a development team would be ready to introduce themselves with a two weeks. The site is in Tkaczyks distr Krueger said the home rule measure is needed. Since the constitutional amendment ict. to allow casinos was authorized by voters in November, it has become apparent t hat statute The many localities for siting need casinos additional doesnt safeguards, specifically she prohibit said. a casino in an area t hat doesnt want one, although local support is supposed to be weighed by a siting Cuomos committee spokeswoman, that will Melissa serve the DeRosa, State said Gaming this Commission. about the Krueger bill: A process fo r selecting and siting casinos which already does include local community suppor t as a required factor has been voted upon by the Legislature, subject to intens e public debate, and ultimately approved by a majority of New Yorkers. We will r eject any attempts to politicize the selection process with unnecessary legislat Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow said he hasnt review ion. ed the bill yet but doubts hell be a co-sponsor. At first blush, I probably would not be in favor of it, he said. A local siting vote, he said, just causes a lot of angst. He noted that in Massachusetts, which is holding local votes to gauge com munity support Meanwhile, Pretlow for said a casino, the Assembly roadblocks mayto soon progress advance have a nominee resulted. to the state gam ing commission, which has been acting with only four members all nominated by Cu omo. A fifth Cuomo appointee, chairman-select Mark Gearan, awaits confirmation i n the has Cuomo Senate. also selected three of the five members of the siting board, but the g aming commission Requests to bidders hasfor notproposals met to install are expected them. to be issued by the siting board by the end of March. A consultant to help in the process is also to be hired, bu t that cant Cuomos budget happen plan for until the a next siting fiscal boardyear is installed. projects $200 million from the licens ing fees from up to four casinos in upstate. 113995 02/23/2014 ies = 15 doc name 113995 02/23/2014 toryThreadSpan= 0 no OwnedItems 09:21:10 Dumping document. message = AfterOpenDoc nStor = InCopy_0224_austerity.indd 09:21:10 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 113995 02/23/2014 09:21:10 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5043 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5043 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors Thats Then, abecause year office. later, theirrepresentatives most recent agreement from the draws Civil toService an end Employees on March 31, Association 2015. While will it be appears talking unlikely as well, that sincethe their unions contract will confront expires in the 2016. concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they will be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to holding annual state spending increases to 2 percent whi le keeping The Administration costs for touts the that state2agencies percent cap flat. as leading to a projected surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Cuomo is looking to such sav ings to State workers, help fund many tax ofcuts whomfor will homeowners, be gettingrenters their first and businesses. contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.

Workforce J. McMahon, savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

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116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 116930 02/23/2014 09:21:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5013 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5013 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year later, office. representatives Their most recent from the agreement Civil Service expiresEmployees on March Association 31, 2015. will be talking While it appears as well, unlikely since that theirthe contract unionsexpires will confront in 2016. the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they will be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to holding annual state spending increases to 2 percent whi le keeping The Administration costs for touts the that state2agencies percent cap flat. as leading to a projected surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Cuomo is looking to such sav ings to State workers, help fund many tax ofcuts whomfor will homeowners, be gettingrenters their first and businesses. contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav

e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 120530 02/23/2014 09:22:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 120530 02/23/2014 09:22:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120530 02/23/2014 09:22:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120530 02/23/2014 09:22:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 120530 02/23/2014 09:22:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 120531 02/23/2014 09:22:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5016 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5016 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year later, office. the state Their contract most recent with agreement the Civil expires Service onEmployees March 31,Association 2015. wi ll be it While talking appears as unlikely well, since that their the unions contract will expires confront in 2016. the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they will be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to holding annual state spending increases to 2 percent whi le keeping The Administration costs for touts the that state2agencies percent cap flat. as leading to a projected surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Cuomo is looking to such sav ings to State workers, help fund many tax ofcuts whomfor will homeowners, be gettingrenters their first and businesses. contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 124131 02/23/2014 09:23:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 4968 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 4968 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff

s choice they faced in 2011, they will be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to holding annual state spending increases to 2 percent whi le keeping The Administration costs for touts the that state2agencies percent cap flat. as leading to a projected surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Cuomo is looking to such sav ings to State workers, help fund many tax ofcuts whomfor will homeowners, be gettingrenters their first and businesses. contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 127731 02/23/2014 09:24:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 127731 02/23/2014 09:24:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 127731 02/23/2014 09:24:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 127731 02/23/2014 09:24:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 127731 02/23/2014 09:24:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo

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hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 131331 02/23/2014 09:25:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 4961 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 4961 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap as the a projected surplus of mor e than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Cuomo is looking to such savings State to help workers, fund tax many cuts of whom for homeowners, will be getting renters their andfirst businesses. contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.

Workforce J. McMahon, savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

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134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 134933 02/23/2014 09:26:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5019 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5019 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo is looking to such savings to help fund tax cuts State for homeowners, workers, many renters of whom andwill businesses. be getting their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea

rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 138533 02/23/2014 09:27:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5019 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5019 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo is looking to such savings to help fund tax cuts State for homeowners, workers, many renters of whom andwill businesses. be getting their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax break as coming a t their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be s The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay een. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees Budget too Butearly he exceed Division stressed to talk thespokesman annual that in detail Cuomos wage Morris about costs. 2 percent Peters upcoming like overall contracts. others state noted spending that cap it was wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 142133 02/23/2014 09:28:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 142133 02/23/2014 09:28:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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A year after overnors office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as SUNY and CUNY. The document in its Risks and Uncertainties sections makes note of conti ngencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State empl oyees exceed Budget Division thespokesman annual wage Morris costs. Peters like others noted that it was too early to But talk he stressed in detailthat about Cuomos upcoming 2 percent contracts. overall state spending cap wasnt about to c hange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So whatever we Frederick Floss, do will executive have todirector be in that of the envelope. labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. 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145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 145734 02/23/2014 09:29:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5035 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5035 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be

seen. The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk But he stressed in detailthat about Cuomos upcoming 2 percent contracts. overall state spending cap wasnt about to ch ange. Going forward, state spending will be constrained to 2 percent growth. So w hatever weFloss, Frederick do will executive have to director be in that ofenvelope. the labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when They Stephen it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget forthey CSEA, plans. have which in represents mind to payblue-collar you, he said. state worker s, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, he added, Right now,have Madarasz also said, ignored his details union is about upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 149334 02/23/2014 09:30:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5053 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5053 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers

, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential aboutstate the downsizing workers raises. of state inst itutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is b ad Members publicof policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, which employ though, statemay workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 152934 02/23/2014 09:31:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing

shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156534 02/23/2014 09:32:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar

yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 156535 02/23/2014 09:32:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav

e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 160145 02/23/2014 09:33:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 163747 02/23/2014 09:34:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g

A year after overnors office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises

167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 167351 02/23/2014 09:35:59 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be

seen. The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 170968 02/23/2014 09:37:00 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers

, agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 174595 02/23/2014 09:38:00 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing

shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar

yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 178196 02/23/2014 09:39:00 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5051 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5051 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than state age ncies The downsizing, that employ though, state may workers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or if even if there is no growth in the workforce ,What the overall the budget costseems couldto drop. assume is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E. J. McMahon, Workforce savings president can be of achieved the Empire through Center, attrition a fiscally or even conservative by replacing thinkretiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav

e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 181814 02/23/2014 09:40:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5060 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5060 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with Cuomos Indeed newer workers budgetwho plan are for lower the current on the states 2014-15seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoing shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control (Those who work at SUNY and CUNY as well as the Attorney General and Comptroller dont report to the governor). The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predi cted to go of Regardless from the 127,392 how many at employees the end ofthere 2010 are, to 119,153 the predicted by the end surplus of FYis 2014-15. likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 185414 02/23/2014 09:41:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5077 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5077 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g

A year after overnors office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) The budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 by the en d of FY 2014-15. Regardless of the how many employees there are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189014 02/23/2014 09:42:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 189015 02/23/2014 09:42:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5113 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5113 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming

at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note innot talks, onlyespecially the business given andthe homeowner tax breaks breaks that the Cuomo governor wants. wants, but the scheduled sunsetting of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners supposed Its notto only expire the surplus, in 2017. youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 192615 02/23/2014 09:43:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5103 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5103 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute

and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the scheduled 2sunset of the millionaires tax, a surcharge on high-earners suppo sed tonot Its expire onlyin the 2017. surplus, youve also got the issue of whether hes going to contnue t he milionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Flosscontracts said of Cuomo. included no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 196215 02/23/2014 09:44:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5069 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5069 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t

What he overall the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares PEFs and CSEAs tax, current Floss contracts said of included Cuomo. no contractual raises for the first thre e years and higher health care costs. The contracts, which run four and five yea rs respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administration said they would hav e enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts kept in place longevity i ncreases Those There areand thebonuses, several largest smaller however. state unions unions, that with still more havent than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 199815 02/23/2014 09:45:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5089 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5089 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t

Themillionares he PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years respectively, were reached after the Cuomo administra tion said they would have enacted layoffs without concessions. The labor pacts k ept inare Those There place thelongevity several largest smaller state increases unions unions, andwith that bonuses, still more havent however. than 100,00 settled workers contracts combined. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 203416 02/23/2014 09:46:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5031 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5031 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation are Those There threatened the largest several layoffs smaller state if unions concessions unions, that with still failed more havent than to achieve 100,00 settled targeted workers contracts combined. savings. from a few y ears ago, Union President including Thomas theMungeer State Troopers said talks PBA have whosebeen lastmoving contract along, expired although in 2011. seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 207016 02/23/2014 09:47:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity

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Albany A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma ller unions that still havent settled contracts from a few years ago. The State T roopers Union President PBA whose Thomas last Mungeer contractsaid expired talks in have 2011.been moving along, although seve ral in the last six months due to deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all alo ng, said Mungeer. They rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> are bargaining 518-454-5758 in <25A0> good faith. @RickKarlinTU 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary

StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 210616 02/23/2014 09:48:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f

State und tax workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 214217 02/23/2014 09:49:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent

Going forward, overall state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 217825 02/23/2014 09:50:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state

The downsizing, agencies that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 221425 02/23/2014 09:51:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153

Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin

225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 225045 02/23/2014 09:52:01 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer

said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary

StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 228664 02/23/2014 09:53:02 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 232283 02/23/2014 09:54:02 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati

While on runs itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises

235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 235900 02/23/2014 09:55:02 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 235901 02/23/2014 09:55:02 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be

seen. The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 239519 02/23/2014 09:56:02 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers

Stephen when They it dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 58 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 58 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Weighing a 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 13 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1700 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 243137 02/23/2014 09:57:03 14 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1202 TotalLength= 5066 Prim aryStoryThreadSpan= 5066 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems A year from now, negotiators with one of the states major unions, the Public Empl Albany oyees Federation, will likely be in contract talks with representatives of the g overnors A year after office. that,Their the state most contract recent agreement with theexpires Civil Service on March Employees 31, 2015. Associati on runs While itout. appears unlikely that the unions will confront the concessions or layoff s choice they faced in 2011, they could be dealing with a new challenge: Gov. And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J

Workforce . McMahon,savings president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks have been moving along, although several in the last six months due t o deaths among troopers. Weve been meeting all along, said Mungeer. They are bargain ing in good faith. rkarlin@timesunion.com <25A0> 518-454-5758 <25A0> @RickKarlinTU 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 57 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 57 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Balancing 2 percent spending cap and state worker raises 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 246780 02/23/2014 09:58:04 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0

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Themillionares he PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. The laborand CSEA pacts PEFkept together in place represent longevity moreincreases than 100,000 and workers. bonuses, There however. are several sma llerState The unions Troopers that still PBAs havent contract settled expired contracts in 2011. from Union a few President years ago. Thomas Mungeer said talks Weve rkarlin@timesunion.com beenhave meeting beenall moving <25A0> along, along. 518-454-5758 said Mungeer. <25A0> They @RickKarlinTU are bargaining in good faith. 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 Dumping document. message = BeforeCloseDoc nSt ories = 15 doc name = 0224_austerity 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1135 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1158 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1180 TotalLength= 54 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 54 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Balancing 2 percent spending cap, state worker raises 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1227 TotalLength= 96 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 96 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems <a href=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/>Visit the Capitol Confidential blog fo r more.</a> 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 4 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1252 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 5 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1278 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 6 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1301 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 7 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1324 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 8 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1347 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 9 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1370 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 10 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1393 TotalLength= 14 Primar yStoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems By Rick Karlin 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 11 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1417 TotalLength= 0 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 249446 02/23/2014 09:58:48 12 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1439 TotalLength= 0 Primary

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And rew Cuomos commitment to hold annual state spending increases to 2 percent while keeping The administration costs for the credits statethat agencies 2 percent flat.cap with helping to generate a project ed surplus of more than $2 billion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. In the current state budget negotiation, Cuomo wants to use those anticipated savings to help f und tax State workers, cuts for many homeowners, of whom will renters be getting and businesses. their first contractual raise in thr ee years in April, may view that surplus and the attendant tax breaks as coming at their expense. How that plays out in budget and contract talks remains to be The governors five-year budget plan doesnt place a dollar figure on potential pay seen. raises for the more the nearly 180,0000 people in state agencies as well as the SUNY and CUNY systems. The documents Risks and Uncertainties section makes note of c ontingencies relating to: the extent, if any, to which wage increases for State employees Budget Division exceedspokesman the annual Morris wage Peters costs.and others noted that it was too early t o talk in detail about upcoming contracts. But he stressed that Cuomos 2 percent overallforward, Going state spending state spending cap wasnt will about be constrained to change. to 2 percent growth, Peters said . So whatever Frederick Floss, weexecutive do will have director to beof inthe that labor-backed envelope.Fiscal Policy Institute and a former contract negotiator, said its not unusual to avoid specific numbers when it They Stephen dont comes Madarasz, want to to raises spokesman signal in what budget for CSEA, they plans. have which inrepresents mind to pay blue-collar you, Floss state said. workers , agreed that its early to be focusing closely on contracts. Past budget plans, h e added, Right now, have Madarasz also ignored said, his details unionabout is upset potential about the state downsizing workers raises. of state insti tutions such as those for the developmentally disabled. The greater concern is ba d publicof Members policy, CSEA and hePEF said. rallied earlier in the month against such moves, which w ill place new responsibilities on non-profit organizations rather than on state agencies The downsizing, that employ though, state mayworkers. be one way that Cuomo can offer contractual pay hike s. If there are fewer workers, or even if there is no growth in the workforce, t he overall What the budget personnel seems cost to assume could drop. is that the workforce is absolutely flat, said E.J . McMahon,savings Workforce president canof bethe achieved Empirethrough Center,attrition a fiscally orconservative even by replacing think retiree tank. s with newer Indeed, Cuomos workers budget who plan arefor lower theon current the states 2014-15 seniority-driven fiscal year predicts pay scale. an ongoin g shrinkage in state agencies directly under the governors control. (Those who wo rk at SUNY and CUNY as well as the offices of the Attorney General and Comptroll er dont report to the governor.) Cuomos proposed budget notes that staffing in the governors agencies is predicted to go from 127,392 at the end of 2010 to 119,153 Regardless by the endof ofthe fiscal how many year employees that begins there in April. are, the predicted surplus is likely to playwill Unions a role note inthe talks, business especially and homeowner given the breaks tax breaks the governor Cuomo wants. wants, as well a s the not Its scheduled only the 2017 surplus; sunset youve of an income also got taxthe surcharge issue of onwhether high earners. hes going to contnue t he millionares The PEF and CSEA tax, contracts Floss currently said of Cuomo. in force included no contractual raises for the first three years, and imposed higher health care costs. The contracts, whi ch run four and five years, respectively, were settled after the Cuomo administr ation threatened layoffs if concessions failed to achieve targeted savings. 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federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 257580 02/23/2014 10:01:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 257580 02/23/2014 10:01:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 261181 02/23/2014 10:02:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 261181 02/23/2014 10:02:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 261181 02/23/2014 10:02:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 1355 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 1355 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxx x x x x x x xx x x xx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx Monday DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx. Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 261182 02/23/2014 10:02:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 261182 02/23/2014 10:02:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 264782 02/23/2014 10:03:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 264782 02/23/2014 10:03:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 264782 02/23/2014 10:03:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 1424 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 1424 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxx x x x x x x xx x x xx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx.

THURsday terson Xxxxxxxx HEALTH 455-3449. DEPARTMENT xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 264782 02/23/2014 10:03:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 264782 02/23/2014 10:03:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 268402 02/23/2014 10:04:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 268402 02/23/2014 10:04:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 268402 02/23/2014 10:04:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2186 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2186 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Xxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxx x x x x x x xx x x xx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx AQE SCHOOL TOURS: As the two houses of the state legislature are preparing their MONday xxxxxxxxxx. education budgets - to be voted on March 12 - the Alliance for Quality Educatio n and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity will be gathering evidence from school dist ricts throughout the state for a potential school funding lawsuit. During the we ek of February 24-28th, AQE and CFE, a project of the Education Law Center, will hit the road to begin gathering evidence of the states neglect of students educat ion and failure to fulfill its obligation to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity cour t Monday: ruling in Cohoes, 2006. Hoosick Falls; Tuesday: Schenectady, Amsterdam; Wednesday, Herki mer, Middletown; Thursday, Wyoming, Byron-Bergen, Ossining; Friday, Binghamton, Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx Copiague. terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 268402 02/23/2014 10:04:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems

The Week Ahead 268402 02/23/2014 10:04:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 272002 02/23/2014 10:05:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 272002 02/23/2014 10:05:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 272002 02/23/2014 10:05:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2106 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2106 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems ItsSCHOOL AQE MONday a won.TOURS: As the two houses of the state legislature are preparing their education budgets - to be voted on March 12 - the Alliance for Quality Educatio n and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity will be gathering evidence from school dist ricts throughout the state for a potential school funding lawsuit. During the we ek of February 24-28th, AQE and CFE, a project of the Education Law Center, will hit the road to begin gathering evidence of the states neglect of students educat ion and failure to fulfill its obligation to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity cour t Monday: ruling in Cohoes, 2006. Hoosick Falls; Tuesday: Schenectady, Amsterdam; Wednesday, Herki mer, Middletown; Thursday, Wyoming, Byron-Bergen, Ossining; Friday, Binghamton, Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx Copiague. terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 272002 02/23/2014 10:05:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 272002 02/23/2014 10:05:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 275602 02/23/2014 10:06:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 275602 02/23/2014 10:06:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 275602 02/23/2014 10:06:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2266 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2266 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins AQE MONday SCHOOL TOURS: As the two houses of the state legislature are preparing their

education budgets - to be voted on March 12 - the Alliance for Quality Educatio n and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity will be gathering evidence from school dist ricts throughout the state for a potential school funding lawsuit. During the we ek of February 24-28th, AQE and CFE, a project of the Education Law Center, will hit the road to begin gathering evidence of the states neglect of students educat ion and failure to fulfill its obligation to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity cour t Monday: ruling in Cohoes, 2006. Hoosick Falls; Tuesday: Schenectady, Amsterdam; Wednesday, Herki mer, Middletown; Thursday, Wyoming, Byron-Bergen, Ossining; Friday, Binghamton, Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx Copiague. terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 275602 02/23/2014 10:06:04 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 275602 02/23/2014 10:06:04 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 279207 02/23/2014 10:07:03 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 279207 02/23/2014 10:07:03 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 279207 02/23/2014 10:07:03 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2438 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2438 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins four scheduled weeks of three-day sessions as the deadline for passage of the state budget approaches. Heres more of the events in state government and advocacy AQE MONday SCHOOL this TOURS: week. As the two houses of the state legislature are preparing their education budgets - to be voted on March 12 - the Alliance for Quality Educatio n and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity will be gathering evidence from school dist ricts throughout the state for a potential school funding lawsuit. During the we ek of February 24-28th, AQE and CFE, a project of the Education Law Center, will hit the road to begin gathering evidence of the states neglect of students educat ion and failure to fulfill its obligation to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity cour t Monday: ruling in Cohoes, 2006. Hoosick Falls; Tuesday: Schenectady, Amsterdam; Wednesday, Herki mer, Middletown; Thursday, Wyoming, Byron-Bergen, Ossining; Friday, Binghamton, Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx Copiague. terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO &

Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 279207 02/23/2014 10:07:03 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 279207 02/23/2014 10:07:03 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 282807 02/23/2014 10:08:03 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 282807 02/23/2014 10:08:03 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 282807 02/23/2014 10:08:03 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2444 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2444 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins four scheduled weeks of three-day sessions as the deadline for passage of the state budget approaches. Heres more of the events in state government and advocacy The MONday Alliance thisfor week. Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, groups th at advocate for increased spending on schools, will spend the week focusing on t he fiscal challenges faced by specific districtsbe gathering evidence from schoo l districts throughout the state for a potential school funding lawsuit. During the week of February 24-28th, AQE and CFE, a project of the Education Law Center , will hit the road to begin gathering evidence of the states neglect of students education and failure to fulfill its obligation to the Campaign for Fiscal Equit y Monday: court ruling Cohoes, in Hoosick 2006. Falls; Tuesday: Schenectady, Amsterdam; Wednesday, Herki mer, Middletown; Thursday, Wyoming, Byron-Bergen, Ossining; Friday, Binghamton, Tuesday 11 a.m. Robins Law. Senator Boyle and Assemblyman Cusick. Contact: Susan Pe Tuesday Xxxxxxxxx Copiague. terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 282807 02/23/2014 10:08:03 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 282807 02/23/2014 10:08:03 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

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MONday advocacy The Alliance thisfor week. Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, groups th at advocate for increased spending on schools, will spend the week focusing on t he fiscal challenges faced by specific districts, and gathering evidence ... for a potential school funding lawsuit. Monday, the road trip kicks off with visits t o Tuesday Tuesday Cohoes and 11 a.m. Hoosick Robins Falls;Law. Tuesday, Senator it stops Boylein and Schenectady Assemblyman and Cusick. Amsterdam. Contact: Susan Pe terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 290007 02/23/2014 10:10:03 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 290007 02/23/2014 10:10:03 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 293626 02/23/2014 10:11:04 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 293626 02/23/2014 10:11:04 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 293626 02/23/2014 10:11:04 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 2073 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 2073 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins four scheduled weeks of three-day sessions as the deadline for passage of the state budget approaches. Heres more of the events in state government and advocacy The MONday Alliance thisfor week. Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, groups th at advocate for increased spending on schools, will spend the week focusing on t he fiscal challenges faced by specific districts, and gathering evidence ... for a potential school funding lawsuit. Monday, the road trip kicks off with visits t o Tuesday Tuesday Cohoes and 11 a.m. Hoosick Robins Falls;Law. Tuesday, Senator it stops Boylein and Schenectady Assemblyman and Cusick. Amsterdam. Contact: Susan Pe terson DEPARTMENT Xxxxxxxx HEALTH THURsday 455-3449. xxxx xxx MEETING: xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. Thursday, February 27, 2014 -- The Bureau of Tobacco Control and The Tobacco Control Advisory Board will hold a meeting via videoconf erence from 10:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., in the ESP Corning Tower Building, 2876A Confe rence Room, Albany, NY. The videoconference may also be viewed at the departments Xxxxxxxx TONKO, Friday satellite KEN xxxx offices. ADAMS xxxTOWN xxxxHALL: xxxxxxxxxxx. Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) and President, CEO & Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams will hold a telephone tow n hall next Friday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. The two officials will highlight federal and state efforts at economic development, listen to ideas and input fro m Capital Region residents about job creation, and answer questions in an hour-l ong conference call. Tens of thousands of residents in New Yorks 20th Congression al District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the teleph one town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invit ation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone . Xxxxxxxx number. xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx.

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308171 02/23/2014 10:15:06 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 308171 02/23/2014 10:15:06 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 308171 02/23/2014 10:15:06 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 1279 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 1279 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins four scheduled weeks of three-day sessions as the deadline for passage of the state budget approaches. Heres more of the events in state government and advocacy The MONday Alliance thisfor week. Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, groups th at advocate for increased spending on schools, will spend the week focusing on t he fiscal challenges faced by specific districts, and gathering evidence ... for a potential school funding lawsuit. Monday, the road trip kicks off with visits t o Tuesday Tuesday Cohoes and 11 a.m. Hoosick Robins Falls;Law. Tuesday, Senator it stops Boylein and Schenectady Assemblyman and Cusick. Amsterdam. Contact: Susan Pe terson Xxxxxxxx Rep. Friday Paul 455-3449. xxxx Tonko xxx and xxxx Kenneth xxxxxxxxxxx. Adams, president and CEO of Empire State Development , will hold a telephone town hall at 1:30 p.m. to discuss federal and state deve lopment initiative. Capital Region residents can request an invitation to partic ipate by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone number. Xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 308171 02/23/2014 10:15:06 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 308171 02/23/2014 10:15:06 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 311779 02/23/2014 10:16:06 Dumping document. message = DTLoggingIdleTask:: RunTask nStories = 4 doc name = 0224_weekahead 311779 02/23/2014 10:16:06 0 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1218 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS toryThreadSpan= 0 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems 311779 02/23/2014 10:16:06 1 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1240 TotalLength= 1279 Prima ryStoryThreadSpan= 1279 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems Its a wonky week for the state Legislature: The Assembly returns for session on T uesday and Wednesday, while the Senate convenes Wednesday and Thursday. Next wee k begins four scheduled weeks of three-day sessions as the deadline for passage of the state budget approaches. Heres more of the events in state government and advocacy The MONday Alliance thisfor week. Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, groups th at advocate for increased spending on schools, will spend the week focusing on t he fiscal challenges faced by specific districts, and gathering evidence ... for a potential school funding lawsuit. Monday, the road trip kicks off with visits t o Tuesday Tuesday Cohoes and 11 a.m. Hoosick Robins Falls;Law. Tuesday, Senator it stops Boylein and Schenectady Assemblyman and Cusick. Amsterdam. Contact: Susan Pe terson Xxxxxxxx Rep. Friday Paul 455-3449. xxxx Tonko xxx and xxxx Kenneth xxxxxxxxxxx. Adams, president and CEO of Empire State Development , will hold a telephone town hall at 1:30 p.m. to discuss federal and state deve lopment initiative. Capital Region residents can request an invitation to partic ipate by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov and providing their name and tele phone number. Xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx. 311779 02/23/2014 10:16:06 2 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1266 TotalLength= 14 Primary StoryThreadSpan= 14 nSpaces = 0nPararaphs = 0 no OwnedItems The Week Ahead 311779 02/23/2014 10:16:06 3 DUMPING TEXT UID= 1378 TotalLength= 0 PrimaryS

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