Gov to Governments: Keep Cutting

This piece first appeared in Mid-Hudson Valley Community Profiles Viewpoints section.

New York State’s local governments were shielded from the fallout of the Great Recession but did not escape unscathed: Though federal stimulus funds postponed the pain, county government spending across the state and in the Mid-Hudson Valley has now been flat or declining for at least two years. Yet governments are under continuing pressure to find efficiencies. Read more »