New York court system to lay-off up to 500 employees: union

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The New York State court system will lay-off as many as 500 workers in the coming weeks, according to a union memo released on Friday, as the state works to close a $10 billion budget gap.

New York state lawmakers recently passed a spending plan for fiscal year 2012 that includes across-the-board cuts to state agencies.

New York is not alone. Many cash-strapped states across the United States have been firing workers, delaying big building projects and raising taxes after the 2008 recession and financial crisis left state coffers severely depleted.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-newyork-courts-layoffs-idUSTRE73E81H20110415

[aquart]

1. OR they could tax the rich.

[erodriguez]

2. Leave it to the Democrat Governor Cuomo to save the day

"The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence. The Republicans — The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left behind by the side of the trail. “The strong” — “The strong,” they tell us, “will inherit the land.” We Democrats believe in something else. We democrats believe that we can make it all the way with the whole family intact, and we have more than once."


Woops! Wrong Cuomo.

[aquart]

3. I have a Democratic Governor Cuomo.

What party are you talking about?

[Historic NY]

4. They're scrapping the free jury lunches too & extended lunch recess...

many of the courts just packed on more people even when other were still performing the same duties. The Unified Court System has gotten very expensive to local governments. It was sduppose to be cheaper.