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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 March 2008 10:28 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 12 March 2008 10:28
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE — While New York state and the country remain fixated on the call-girl scandal embroiling Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a piece of crucial Albany legislative business looms: Passing the state budget.The budget deadline is the end of the month, but one government observer said yesterday it would be “basically impossible” for lawmakers to begin meaningful negotiations as long as Spitzer’s situation is unsettled, especially if he has the threat of impeachment hanging over his head.
“I don’t see how negotiations could happen under those circumstances,” said Edmund McMahon, an expert in municipal budget, tax and reform issues, following an address at the Hugh L. Carey Center for Government Reform at Wagner College.