Cuomo held the cards in budget talks
Photo credit: AP | From left, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos talk before a news conference at the Capitol in Albany. (March 27, 2011)
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ALBANY -- It wasn't quite like shooting fish in a barrel, but Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was positioned almost from the start of this year's budget negotiations to get the bulk of what he wanted, lawmakers and observers said Monday.
The trail of legislative scandals may have left lawmakers in a cooperative posture. Advertising support from the Democratic Party and a well-heeled business group helped...
