In his State of the State speech, Andrew Cuomo failed to mention the most important NY State government reform available to help failing school budgets and town, county and city budgets. REPEAL OF THE TRIBOROUGH AMENDMENT. If we repeal the Triborough Amendment, teacher and municipal unions would no longer be able to collect automatic step raises after their contracts expire. In other words, these unions would be more likely to negotiate new contracts quicker if they know that step raises and other clauses of their old contracts were no longer in effect.
This repeal of the Triborough Amendment would save NY State tax payers millions of dollars. Some of these dollars could be used to keep schools open and children better educated. No other state in the USA has anything like the Triborough Amendment. This amendment contributes to the fact that NY State is last or close to last in Economic Growth.
I wonder why Governor Cuomo avoids this reform which a majority of New Yorkers support? The answer - Cuomo is in the tank for teacher and municipal unions. Also, it is now very obvious that the NY State press and media are in the tank for Cuomo, because our journalists hardly mention or editorialize about Cuomo's avoidance of the Repeal of the Triborough Amendment.
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Yes. I agree with the Freeman. Governor Cuomo should start pushing hard for Mandate Relief, starting with the Repeal of the Triborough Amendment, which stifles the ability of school districts and municipalities to negotiate with their unions on a level playing field. Triborough keeps all contract clauses in effect, including automatic step raises, even after union contracts expire.
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