Rep. Israel: Poorer states take NY's share
Photo credit: Ed Betz | U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, (D-NY), left, shows a map to LIA President Kevin Law, during a press conference announcing the results of the FISC Report on NY's federal funding disparity in Hauppauge, NY, Dec. 6, 2010.
Rep. Steve Israel, who last year elected not to run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Monday sought to seize the late senator's mantle by charging that New York receives less federal funding than it pays in taxes.
Seeking to revive Moynihan's annual reports highlighting federal funding disparity between New York and other states, Israel (D-Huntington) said the...
