A few new interesting reads…
One issue that could have a huge impact on New York is the impending budget sequestration in Washington D.C. – here’s a piece that describes the potential damage to New York’s budget.
Meanwhile, Shelly Silver is trying to thwart Cuomo’s plans on state education spending.
This week there’s also a very comprehensive piece in City and State about the problems mayoral pollsters have had predicting election results. Which is particularly interesting because of today’s Quinnipiac poll showing Chris Quinn within a hair of the magical 40 percent she needs to avoid a run-off. She keeps piling up the union endorsements, which helps.
Michael Howard Saul from the WSJ, one of the reporters who joined us on the City Hall panel last week, has an interesting piece about candidates trying to woo Latino voters, another reminder of how demograghics will help shape the coming election.