Austerity theme of Paterson's 'State of State' talk
Fiscal austerity is likely to be a key theme of Wednesday's State of the State speech by Gov. David A. Paterson, and of his 2010 campaign.
"We've been spending beyond our means . . . someone has to stop the gravy train and it's me," he said during a New Year's Day open house at the Executive Mansion. He predicted that he and the State Legislature would have to close a deficit of as much as...
