This sounds familiar

NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is the latest Albany politican who dares to suggest reform in state budget process.
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20090515/NEWS01/905150391/1116/DiNapoli++State+budget+missed+mark

Too bad almost nobody cares

NY Daily News Columnist Bill Hammond hits the nail (Pols in Albany) on the head; again.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/hammond/index.html

Ugly in Albany

The political jockeying involved in getting the MTA bailout bill passed in the state legislature revealed again that NYC politicians control state government and the rest of the state better beware.

This Journal News article says that most legislators from the lower Hudson Valley opposed the MTA Bill, though some voted for it.
http://www.lohud.com/article/2009905070416

A NY Daily News editorial on the subject blasts the inept leadership in Albany while wrongly supporting the final bailout bill which imposes onerous payroll taxes on non-profits and other businesses in the downstate region.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/05/07/2009-05-07_downright_lousy_masstransit_rescue_shows_albany_at_its_worst.html

This Newsday editorial says MTA deal again shows the utter lack of statesmanship and good government in Albany.
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpmta0712738119may06,0,3638917.story