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(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 8, 2014, 04:09 PM Apr 2014

Tish James Doesn’t Think Andrew Cuomo Got the ‘Memo on Income Inequality’

Ross Barkan

Public Advocate Tish James isn’t sure whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo got “the memo” on income inequality and New York politics.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose campaign last year was largely based on the promise of fighting income inequality, has had nothing but kind words for Mr. Cuomo after a bruising battle over the state budget. But another citywide official, Ms. James, ripped the governor today for refusing to allow the city to hike its own minimum wage and letting other liberal priorities fall to the wayside.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/04/tish-james-doesnt-think-andrew-cuomo-got-the-memo-on-income-inequality/#ixzz2yKMTtLq1

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