Reeher quoted in Newsday article on Gov. Cuomo's budget

April 14, 2021

Newsday

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

COVID-19

Economic Policy

New York State

Newsday

Grant Reeher

Gov. Andrew Cuomo adopted a $212 billion state budget last week that raised spending $18 billion, or nearly 10 percent. "New York had a significant budget problem prior to COVID and Cuomo was already warning about it," says Professor Grant Reeher. "Then COVID hit. Then the federal government comes in with enough money to cover it and the left reacts by spending even more money and raising taxes to do it." Read more in the Newsday article, "State budget fallout: A weakened Cuomo, emboldened lawmakers."