Special Session A Failure

Statement by Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I-Canandaigua)

November 18, 2008

“Today’s special legislative session was a failure. The fact that the entire legislature was called to Albany and that no legislative bills were presented for action was a disservice to the nearly 19 million New Yorkers we represent. In addition, there was a significant lack of imagination and creativity to develop solutions on the 2008-09 budget deficit.

To postpone tough decisions until mid-December only further exasperates the budget dilemma. New York residents deserve better. The state Legislature and Governor Paterson have a sworn duty to serve our constituents by enacting a plan that will stimulate our economy and protect taxpayers from new tax increases.”

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