ALBANY -- Saying local governments do not want to cut costs, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday proposed forcing them to put efficiency plans on the ballot in November for voters to decide.


Cuomo has railed against what he claims is duplicity in local governments, charging that the state has cut costs but local leaders haven't.


On Tuesday, he stepped up his fight, proposing that county executives be required to develop plans to cut property taxes and put the plans to a public vote -- a bid to make the changes binding.
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"I understand the instinct, but we cannot afford it any longer."
Don't we need the State Constitution changed so we can stop the monopolies of services small groups of people have throughout NYS?