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Behold the Three-Headed Beast of New York Government
By RICHARD BRODSKY

Richard Brodsky 6:25pm • January 12, 2020 Archives, Budget, Business, Charity, Community, Economic Development, Education, Emergency Services, Finance, Governance, History, Law, New York State, People, Political Analysis, Politics, Westchester County, NY 1 Comment

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — January 12, 2020 — The annual State of the State ritual put New York’s economic trilemma on display. We have three tribes marching in three incompatible directions. And we have 80 days to sort it out. We face on old problem — a massive budget shortfall — with a new political dynamic. We aspire to a …

"It's not where you sit, it's who you are. And when you know who you are, you will know where to sit." -- Richard Narog

“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.” ― Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed

Read the Yonkers Tribune for pertinent, hyperlocal perspectives embellished with gravitas, unadulterated by spin. ~~~ Hezi Aris

"The punishment of the wise who refuse to take part in government is to live under the rule of the foolish"
- Plato

“When inequality is the general rule in society, the greatest inequalities attract no attention.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.” ~~~ Margaret Thatcher