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Cuomo has 'litmus test' for lawmakers

Concerned workers demonstrate in Brentwood to increase the

Photo credit: Chris Ware (2012) | Concerned workers demonstrate in Brentwood to increase the minimum wage.

Dan Janison

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High-polling Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo threw his political weight around last week with a published opinion piece touting his legislative agenda -- including campaign finance reform, a higher minimum wage and maintenance of the property tax cap -- as the "litmus test" for lawmakers to earn his "support."

The context, of course, was announcement of a bipartisan "coalition" within the State Senate...

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