Cosentino: Don't hold your breath In just six days the deadline for New York to have a budget in place for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, that begins on April 1 will be upon us. While much will be made of the demise of Eliot Spitzer and how it has impacted the time line for adopting a budget, that is just an excuse for a process that looks to be distant from putting a fiscal plan for the state in place, long before the prostitution allegations 16 days ago. |