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Moreover, New York's plight cannot be viewed in a vacuum; we mus recognize the impact of the national economy on it and other cities. New York is now one of the most expensive places in America to live. And the city's deficit is by far the highest, but...
It is to that institution--the Federal Government--that New Yorkers quite correctly look for aid. President Ford, despite his foolhardy rhetoric, mistaken economics and quite un-Republican belief that welfare checks are more important than bond coupons, is not entirely misguided. Clearly, to give New York outright the help...
New York's elected officials, however, are in no position to fight these evils. They themselves are the chief beneficiaries of the patronage system, and municipal unions and welfare recipients wield an immense amount of political clout in the city. No elected official can stand against them. If the Federal...
When Cambridge voters went to the polls two years ago for a municipal election it was for what Councilor Alfred E. Velluci called "a hot election." The liberals, backed by the Cambridge Civic Association, were calling for the firing of the city manager and police chief.
David A. Wylie, a city councilor seeking re-election on the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, said recently that even in its present small numbers the student vote has to be considered by candidates for office. "Elections are always very, very close and even a few hundred votes will make a...