When States Build Empires

If you want to known how life functions in New York State, just follow the money. For the common man, it’s business as usual. The Big Apple has worms and Upstate folks are supposed to grow another crop of insect free fruit. Another broken record best chronicled in the style of the New York Daily News: "It is painful, but it's the right thing to do," Mayor Bloomberg said in Albany, flanked by state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer) and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan).

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