Archive for 16 October, 2007
GETTING ALBANY BACK TO WORK – WHAT’S AT STAKE
October 16, 2007 10:55 am
Dear Friend,
After months of inaction, the Senate Majority has agreed to return to work on October 22nd. Much work from the spring still remains undone:
Wick’s Reform: Reforming Wick’s Law to lower construction costs on public projects is imperative. The failure to act by the State Senate in June has since cost New York taxpayers over $34 million dollars.
Approving Key Appointments: Eighty-seven highly qualified individuals have been nominated to fill critical positions in my administration, yet the Senate Majority refuses to approve their roles. Crucial leadership has been left in limbo in the areas of Energy, Economic Development, Health Care and Transportation.
Cutting off “Albany’s Golden Spigot”: In July, the legislature agreed to major campaign finance reform, yet the Senate has stalled on passing a bill. The changes would lower contribution limits, enhance enforcement, and increase disclosure and transparency in the way campaign funds are raised and spent.
Its time for the Senate Majority to stop playing the politics of self-preservation and start showing the leadership it so ardently claims to possess.
Your legislators are accountable for the work they do—or fail to do—and I encourage you to communicate to them our shared belief that the status quo is simply no longer acceptable. At www.spitzer2010.com, you can contact your legislator and ask them to carry out the people’s business when he or she returns next week.
Sincerely,
Eliot Spitzer
