Gov. Cuomo's State of the State

Governor Cuomo offered some good things in his 2016 State of the State  speech such as

• $20 billion for affordable housing statewide including
• 100,000 new affordable homes. (The governor did not mention that leaving "vacancy decontrol" in place will result in the loss of at least 100,000 affordable apartments.)
• 20,000   supportive units for the homeless.  (Mayor de Blasio promised to build 15,000, bringing the total to the 35,000 that advocates say is needed.)
• $15 minimum wage by the end of 2018
• 12-week family leave (paid for by the employee over time)
• NYC & NYS Comptrollers to oversee homeless shelters and put in receivership those that don't meet standards
• Closing the "LLC" (Limited Liability Corp.) loophole that lets the LLC for each building owned by a landlord contribute as much ($150,000/year) as do individuals to politicians. 

and some less good things, like passing along to NY City between $500 million and $1 billion in additional costs for running the City University of NY, and for Medicaid. But he has now backpedaled from some of those costs.  From Gotham Gazette's Eye Opener: "In his interview on WNYC and interview on NY1 Cuomo presented the argument that measures were included in the budget so that the city and state could find cost savings in CUNY and Medicaid together. Both are dually administered and paid for already."